Course detail

Principles of Law

FP-KzpPAcad. year: 2017/2018

The course focuses on areas relating to civil law and labour law, providing an insight into its general terminology. Also dealt with are the following topics: Participants of legal relations and their representation. Property right. Liability for damages, unjust enrichment. Inheritance. Civil obligation law. Contracts according to the civil law. Employment. Rights and duties of an employee and an employer.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

4

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students will be made familiar with law terminology and regulations and will be capable of reading of the law.
Students will be able to consider the rights or liabilities with respect to their creation, change, extinction and security, as well as the running of the limitation period, to evaluate the situation and take necessary measures.
Students will be made familiar with contract law discovering the advantages and disadvantages of the contractual agreements. Also discussed will be the possibilities of employment contracts and the rights of employees and employers.

Prerequisites

Students are expected to have general knowledge of law at secondary school level.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching takes the form of two-hour lectures. The lecture includes a presentation of the basic concepts and principles and illustrative examples.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

A course-unit credit is not awarded for this course.
The exam has a written form. It is a test with questions (open and closed questions). The classification of this module is in accordance with the rules of the Faculty of Business and Management.

Course curriculum

- Basic terms, the theory of law, legal acts
- Period of limitation, preclusion
- Civil substantive law – terminology, its history, participants in civil-law relations and their representation
- Property right - ownership, co-ownership, community property
- Property right - things foreign
- Liability for damage – unjust enrichment, inheritance.
- Heirship
- Obligation law, contracts according to the Civil Code.
- Labour law – terminology, participants in labour-law relations and their representation.
- Employment - creation and change
- Employment - end, severance payments
- Working time regulations, period of rest, overtime, holiday entitlement, liability of an employer and an employee for damage caused. Rights and duties of an employee and an employer.
- Civil procedural law – concepts, principles.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The main objective of the course is to provide students with a general introduction to and explanation of the disciplines relating to the civil law with an emphasis on business activities. Students will be made familiar with the related terminology and regulations governing this area. They will also learn how to apply the terminology and regulations in relevant practice. For example, they will be able to consider the object of a contract, as well as possible consequences of a legal act.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Attendance at lectures is not compulsory. The course includes lectures only; there are no seminars.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

zákon č. 262/2006 Sb., zákoník práce (CS)
zákon č. 89/2012 Sb., občanský zákoník (CS)
zákon č. 90/2012 Sb., o obchodních korporacích (CS)
zákon č. 99/1963 Sb., občanský soudní řád (CS)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

- Basic terms, the theory of law, legal acts
- Period of limitation, preclusion.
- Civil substantive law – terminology, its history, participants in civil-law relations and their representation.
- Property right.
- Liability for damage – unjust enrichment, inheritance.
- Obligation law, contracts according to the Civil Code.
- Labour law – terminology, participants in labour-law relations and their representation.
- Employment.
- Working time regulations, period of rest, overtime, holiday entitlement, liability of an employer and an employee for damage caused. Rights and duties of an employee and an employer.
- Civil procedural law – concepts, principles.