8) Development of Family Law in European Context. Fundamental Principles of Family Law

Learning outcomes:
- Students define fundamental notions (Family Law, Family and Child).
- Students describe the main stages in the development of family law, especially with regard to changes from patriarchal family pattern to modern family with equal status of spouses.
- Students critically evaluate the hybrid character of family law, its intersection with public and private law.
- Students identify principles developed by the Commission on European Family Law (CEFL) and understand their role in harmonizing family law across European jurisdictions.
- Students identify and briefly explain the fundamental principles of Czech family law, including legal protection of family life, equality, solidarity, and the best interests of the child, etc.
- Students analyse landmark decisions of the European Court of Human Rights concerning family life (Art. 8 ECHR) and explain how the concept of family has evolved in the context of human rights protection.
- Students identify and describe the constitutional, international, and statutory sources of Czech family law, and understand their hierarchical structure.

Relevant provisions of Czech Civil Code: 
Sects. 3, 30 and 655

Case law: 
ECtHR: Marckx v. Belgium, Application no. 6833/74
ECtHR: Keegan v. Ireland, Application no. 16969/90
ECtHR: Schalk and Kopf v. Austria, Application no. 30141/04

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