NZ_TPH Substantive criminal law

Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
winter 2024
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
JUDr. Jan Kubálek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Eva Szabová, PhD. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. JUDr. Eva Szabová, PhD.
School of Expertness and Valuation – Rector – Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
Supplier department: Law Group – Deputy Director of Department for Research, Development and Creative Activity – School of Expertness and Valuation – Rector – Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives supported by learning outcomes
Substantive criminal law is one of the basic subjects of study. Teaching is focused on mastering the theory of substantive criminal law and the interpretation and application of individual provisions of criminal law. The aim of the course is to teach students the correct orientation in the field of criminal liability, to acquaint him with the overall concept of substantive criminal law and its links to other branches of Czech law and related disciplines.
The course is focused on understanding the basic aspects of criminal law and its relationship to private law, develops a wide range of substantive criminal law, the system of the Criminal Code in relation to selected facts and deals with the possibilities of their research.
Following the previous legal course, it gives the student a picture of the systematization of criminal law, crimes and offenses, their characteristics and analysis. It provides practical information not only for a career but also for civic life.
The output of the course is the acquisition of basic knowledge of criminal law and deeper information about the facts of crimes related to negligent and intentional crime. Attention is also paid to the new types of crime that society faces in the current context.
Learning outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will be able to:
He applies the acquired knowledge of criminal law.
Defines the basic concepts of criminal law, such as the concept of crime; offense, preparation, attempt completed act, circumstances excluding criminal liability.
Distinguish between individual infringements with emphasis on omissive behavior and commissions.
Describes and explains the factual nature of group and special.
Explains the circumstances that exclude criminal liability.
Distinguish and determine the responsibilities of private law and public law.
They will understand the difference between a tort, misdemeanor, disciplinary action and a crime.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to criminal law - concept, characteristics of criminal law substantive, sources of substantive criminal law, criminal justice system right
  • 2. Criminal liability, relation to   private law and other legal ones industry, illegality and circumstances precluding illegality
  • 3. Termination of criminality
  • 4. The concept of crime, signs of crime, crime, crime
  • 5. Developmental stages of a crime
  • 6. The factual nature of the crime, features characterizing the factual nature of the crime
  • 7. Division of facts and its meaning - descriptive, referential, blanket, qualified, privileged, basic, compound
  • 8. Criminal cooperation and participation, multiple crime and extinction;
  • 9. Penalties and protective measures
  • 10. Criminal liability of juveniles
  • 11. Criminal liability of legal persons
  • 12. The issue of the position of subjects in criminal proceedings
  • 13. Legal assessment of the act - analysis and examples
Literature
    required literature
  • BARKER, J. C., H. VAN DER WILT and B. MYERS. Substantive International Criminal Law. In: A. Nollkaemper, A. Reinisch, R. Janik, F. Simlinger, International Law in Domestic Courts: A Casebook (str. 542-576). ISBN 9780198739746.
  • JELÍNEK, J., 2014. Trestní právo hmotné: obecná část, zvláštní část. Praha: Leges. ISBN 978-80-7502-044-4.
  • LEHKÝ, J. a P. PRUŠ, 2011. Základy práva II. Karviná: Střední odborná škola ochrany osob a majetku s.r.o., 346 s.
  • NOVOTNÝ, O., M. VANDUCHOVÁ, P. ŠÁMAL a kol., 2010. Trestní právo hmotné. Obecná část. 6. vydání. Praha: Wolters Kluwer ČR, a.s.. ISBN 978-80-7357-509-0.
  • ŠÁMAL, P. a kol., 2009. Trestní zákoník 1., § 1 až 139. Komentář. 1. vydání. Praha: C. H. Beck, 1303 s.
  • VAN KEMPEN, P. H. and L. BEMELMANS, 2018. EU protection of the substantive criminal law principles of guilt and ne bis in idem under the Charter of Fundamental Rights... New Journal of European Criminal Law, 9(2), 247-264.
    recommended literature
  • ANTL, M., 2014. Trestní právo. 1. vydání. Hradec Králové: Univerzita Hradec Králové, 81 s.
  • GŘIVNA, T., 2010. Trestní právo hmotné. Judikatura k obecné a zvláštní části. Praha: Wolters Kluwer ČR. ISBN 978-80-7357-509-0.
  • TOMANCOVÁ, J., 2007. Základy práva (nejen) pro školy. 1. vydání. Boskovice: Albert. ISBN 978-80-7326-110-8.
  • SIEBER, U., 1994. European Unification and European Criminal Law. European Journal of Crime, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, 2(2), 86- 104.
  • SCHELLE, K. a kol., 2010. Základy občanského práva. 2. upravené a rozšířené vydání. Ostrava: Key Publishing, 228 s. ISBN: 978-80-7418-066- 8.
  • VANTUCH, P., 2011. Trestní zákoník s komentářem: komentář k zákonu č. 40/2009 Sb., ve znění pozdějších předpisů: informace z judikatury: k 1.8. 2011. Olomouc: Anag. ISBN 978-80-7263-677-8.
  • VOTRUBA, T., 2013. Základy trestní odpovědnosti. 1. vydání. Praha: Bankovní institut vysoká škola Praha, bakalářská práce, 56 s.
  • https://www.epravo.cz/eshop/produkty/online-kurzy/trestni-pravo
  • https://www.beck-online.cz/obsah/casopisy/
Forms of Teaching
Lecture
Tutorial
Teaching Methods
Frontal Teaching
Group Teaching - Cooperation
Critical Thinking
Student Workload
ActivitiesNumber of Hours of Study Workload
Daily StudyCombined Study
Průběžný test (in Czech)1 
Preparation for the Mid-term Test14 
Preparation for Lectures15 
Preparation for the Final Test19 
Závěrečný test (in Czech)3 
Attendance on Lectures26 
Total:780
Assessment Methods and Assesment Rate
Test – mid-term 30 %
Test – final 70 %
Exam conditions
Course evaluation consists of continuous assessment (30-0 points) and from the written exam (70-0 points). The overall classification is the sum of points from the continuous assessment and the written exam. Overall classification of the course, ie points from the written exam (70-0) + points from the continuous assessment (30-0 points): A 100-90, B 89.99 - 84, C 83.99 - 77, D 76 , 99 - 73, E 72.99 - 70, FX 69.99 - 30, F 29.99 - 0.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Teacher's information
Attendance at classes in all forms is solved by a separate internal standard of VŠTE (Records of student attendance at VŠTE). Students with an individual study plan will take only a 100-point final test from the NZ_TPH course in the examination period. However, students are required to contact the teacher immediately upon approval of the individual study plan (ISP); if the student does not do so, his or her ISP will not be considered. In case of relevant questions, you can contact the subject teacher via email 15652@mail.vstecb.cz (Mgr. Bugaj).
The course is also listed under the following terms winter 2021, winter 2022, winter 2023.
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