DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC LAW DISCIPLINES

Course subject:

Type of Course subject:

compulsory

Professional guaranty of the Course subject:

Time schedule:

Consultation and other ways of teaching:

according to the office hours

The way of study:

regular and external study - 2nd year- final (autumn semester)

Assessment:

examination

Course Objectives:

The classes are aimed at providing students with general and basic knowledge, mainly with the theory of the European law and European Union matters and to introduce them to the special orientation in the areas of justice and home affairs. Increased attention is paid to the theoretical and legal aspects unlike the Bachelor form of study. In case of need, the graduates should be able to manage training on the EU matters at basic level, especially at their workplace.

Course syllabus of the regular study, total number of hours divided according to the forms of teaching and individual themes.

Theme	Syllabus/Content	hrs	hrs	hrs
Number		L	S	T
1.	Basic political and historical issues of the European integration processes - origin and genesis of the EU. Introduction to the subject, the way of study, bibliography.	2	1
2.	Basis of the European Law, EU legal system in the EU, EU institutions and bodies and their competences, sources of the European law. General legal principles of the European Community.	2	1
3.	Common and coordinated EC policies, legislative process. Principles of subsidiarity, proportionality and others, four basic EC freedoms.	2	1
4.	European law focused on justice and home affairs, legal acts of the 1st and 3rd pillar. Amsterdam Treaty and its impact on the areas of justice and home affairs. Treaty of Nice. Regulation of justice and home affairs in the 1st and 3rd pillar.	2	1
5.	European area of freedom, security and justice. Common immigration and asylum policy of the EU. Tampere and Vienna Action Plan.	2	1
6.	Protection of fundamental rights in the EU including the framework of the Council of Europe and dimension of the international public law.	2	1
7.	Charter of fundamental rights of the EU, its legal and subject dimension. Derogation of fundamental rights under extraordinary circumstances.	2	1
8.	Acquis communautaire - general issues and the area of justice and home affairs.	2
9.	Common foreign and security policy of the EU. Impacts of security situation in the world facing new forms of international terrorism after September 11, 2001 - instruments of international and European law and EU measures.	2	1
10.	New EU instrument - Joint Investigation Teams, Eurojust, European Arrest Warrant, EU convention on legal assistance, European Judicial Network, OLAF (protection of EC financial interests).	2	1
11.	International police cooperation - Europol	2	1
12.	Schengen - issue of security compensatory measures.	2	1
13.	Information system of EC/EU documents at the European and national level, searching and work with documents on Internet.	2		2
14.	Civil protection within the EU, civilian crisis management	2	1

Bibliography:

Recommended:

.... 12 books

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1.	European area of freedom, security and justice
2.	Tampere and Action Plan to Amsterdam Treaty and their importance for the building up the area of freedom, security and justice
3.	Approximation of the Czech law to the European law in the field of alien issues
4.	Approximation of the Czech law to the European law concerning the asylum questions
5.	Approximation of the Czech law to the European law in the field of arms and ammunition
6.	Aproximation of the Czech law to the European law in the area of police law
7.	Free movement of persons and its regulation in the European law specially aimed at security compensatory measures
8.	Justice and legal system in the EU after Amsterdam
9.	Protection of the EC financial interests - different modifications of the theme
10.	Application of the EC/EU law, compatibility of the Czech law with the EC/EU law
11.	Cooperation between customs administrations and business sector by detecting infringements of customs regulations
12.	Customs officers - cooperation in security area
13.	The 2nd pillar - cooperation in the area of common foreign and security policy of the EU
14.	Protection of fundamental rights in the EU - different modifications
15.	Charter of fundamental rights of the EU - different modifications of the theme
16.	Possibilities of derogation of fundamental rights in relation to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001
17.	Protection of personal data in the areas of justice and home affairs according to the standards of the EU and the European law
18.	European Union and the Council of Europe - common and delimitation aspects
19.	European Court of Justice and its position by outlining general legal principles of the Community (role of the European Court for human rights - The Council of Europe)
20.	International and European protection of fundamental rights
21.	Charter of fundamental rights of the EU and its creation, subject and legal dimension
22.	Charter of fundamental rights of the EU - interpretation of selected fundamental rights and freedoms (right to vote, principles of criminal proceedings, right to access to EU documents)
23.	Legal aspects of the fight against international terrorism aimed at measures within the EU, the Council of Europe and the United Nations - different modifications
24.	Civil protection within the EU - different modifications
25.	Joint Investigation Teams
26.	Eurojust
27.	European Arrest Warrant
28.	EU Convention on legal assistance in criminal matters
29.	Civilian aspects of crisis management

Other themes of the diploma theses or their modifications can be deduced from the themes of Bachelor written works, or agreed directly in the Department of Public Law Disciplines.

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1.	Origin, genesis and creation of the European Community
2.	EU bodies and institutions (development and characteristics)
3.	Justice and legal system in the EU., sources of the European law
4.	Basis of common market, four basic freedoms of the Community, community policies
5.	Free movement of persons within the Community, exceptions, security aspects of the free movement of persons
6.	Security cooperation in the area of customs and its forms, legal basis and system position in the area of justice and home affairs
7.	Characteristics of justice and home affairs, building up the area of freedom, security and justice., EU internal and external security issue
8.	Legal regulation of justice and home affairs in the 1st and 3rd pillar (transitional period, specificity)., European area of freedom security and justice
9.	European Court of Justice, status and function., judicature (the case of Van Duyn among others), preliminary rulings
10.	Acquis communautaire - general definition., acquis of justice and home affairs., information system of the European law, work with texts of the European law (CELEX - JUSTIS, ISAP)
11.	Schengen system - Schengen executive convention, its contents, legal and subject importance., Protocol and implementation of the Schengen acquis into the framework of the EU (exceptions for some states)
12.	Enhanced cooperation, so called flexible approach
13.	Principles of subsidiarity and proportionality, principle of loyalty in the European law
14.	Asylum and immigration policy of the EU, legal regulation and political aspects, so called Dublin standards., Eurodac
15.	Europol - legal basis and forms of activities, organization, strenghtening of EUROPOL functions after Amsterdam
16.	System of protection of fundamental rights within the EU., general legal principles of the European Community and their functions in protection of fundamental rights
17.	International and European system of protection of fundamental rights, sources of fundamental rights in the EU, role of the European convention on human rights from 1950
18.	Charter of fundamental rights of the EU (creation, significance, contribution), its legal and subject dimension, possibilities of derogation of fundamental rights
19.	Charter of fundamental rights of the EU - right to access to documents of the EU bodies, article I Dignity, prohibition of discrimination, article V Citizen´s rights, fundamental rights in connection to the citizenship of the EU
20.	Legal instruments of the fight against international terrorism (United Nations, Council of Europe, EU), so called humanitarian intervention
21.	Creation of the European law., approximation of law and harmonization
22.	Joint Investigation Teams and EU Convention on mutual assistance in criminal matters (legal basis and function)
23.	Eurojust and European Judicial Network (legal basis and function)
24.	European Arrest Warrant (legal basis and function)
25.	Protection of EC finacial interests (OLAF)., Corpus Iuris (European prosecutor)
26.	Civil protection within the EU ( general characteristics, place in the system of the European law, basic legal instruments - Action programme, mechnism of strenghtening cooperation)
27.	EU civilian crisis management (prior areas, EU humanitarian missions, characteristics of the area of the 2nd pillar).

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