Course detail

Building Law

FAST-BZA010Acad. year: 2021/2022

The law system of the Czech state. The building law as part of the system of administrative law. Building Act. Implementing regulations to the Building Act. Legal regulation of administrative offenses. Expropriation. Conduct of business by natural and legal entities in building industry. Basic employment relations.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Department

Institute of Social Sciences (SPV)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

After completing the course students will be familiar with the Building Law.

Prerequisites

The subject extends the knowledge gained at secondary school.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Not applicable.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Not applicable.

Course curriculum

1. Introduction to the course, basic legal concepts.
2. The place of the building law in the system of administrative law. The Building Act, its contents and principles. Implementing regulations to the Building Act.
3. Town and country planning and its instruments.
4. Planning permission proceedings, types of planning permissions.
5. Environmental protection, assessment of concepts and intentions on environmental protection.
6. Building code, building permit and notofication, building permit proceedings. Authorized inspector.
7. Structure realization. Utilization and removal of structures. Energy intensity of buildings.
8. Selected activities in construction. Authorization according to the Law. No. 360/1992 Coll., on practice of profession of authorized architects and authorized engineers and technicians working in the field of building constructions.
9. Administrative offenses. Expropriation.
10. Technical requirements on construction products. Waste management.
11. Basic employment relations, requisites of employment contract.
12. Trade law.
13. Trade companies, their basic characteristics, status of partners.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The objective of the course is to make the students familiar with the legal order of the Czech Republic focusing on the Building Act and its implementing regulations.

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

Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Not applicable.

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme BPC-APS Bachelor's 3 year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Syllabus

1. Introduction to the course, basic legal concepts. 2. The place of the building law in the system of administrative law. The Building Act, its contents and principles. Implementing regulations to the Building Act. 3. Town and country planning and its instruments. 4. Planning permission proceedings, types of planning permissions. 5. Environmental protection, assessment of concepts and intentions on environmental protection. 6. Building code, building permit and notofication, building permit proceedings. Authorized inspector. 7. Structure realization. Utilization and removal of structures. Energy intensity of buildings. 8. Selected activities in construction. Authorization according to the Law. No. 360/1992 Coll., on practice of profession of authorized architects and authorized engineers and technicians working in the field of building constructions. 9. Administrative offenses. Expropriation. 10. Technical requirements on construction products. Waste management. 11. Basic employment relations, requisites of employment contract. 12. Trade law. 13. Trade companies, their basic characteristics, status of partners.