1) Development of Private Law in European Context

Development of Private Law in European Context

Learning outcomes:
- Students explain fundamental notions (law, right, duty).
- Students categorise law and especially distinguish between public and private law.
- Students explain main differences between private and public law.
- Students identify and describe main stages in the development of private law, especially with regard to previous civil codes and their main features.
- Students describe the basic characteristics of Civil Code (incl. its structure) and other sources of private law.
- Students distinguish between civil law as general private law and special branches of private law.
- Students distinguish sources of procedural law as a part of public law.

Relevant provisions of Czech Civil Code: 
Sect. 1

Case law: 
Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic (ConCourt): Case No. Pl. ÚS 33/2000
Supreme Administrative Court of the Czech Republic (SAC): Case No. 2 As 50/2005

Sources:
Frinta, O. Private Law in the Czech Republic – Development, Presence and Prospects, In Moon, J.; Tomášek, M. et al. Law Crossing Eurasia. From Korea to the Czech Republic. Passau-Berlin-Prague: rw&w, 2015, pp. 63-89.
Hrstková, J. Fundamentals of Czech Civil Law. Czech Law and European Union. Textbooks Vol. 5. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Právnická fakulta, 2005, pp. 9-11.