UHVDU005 History of Administration

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Winter 2017
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Irena Korbelářová, Dr. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Irena Korbelářová, Dr.
Institute of Historical Sciences – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
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
The basic overview of the development of administration in the Czech Lands (Czechoslovakia) as a prerequisite for the orientation in the system of administration and its sectors, state administration and local government, in particular historical periods as a basic frame for deeper understanding of modern administration system. The presentation puts emphasis on factual account regarding the territorial development and administration division of the Czech state and individual countries (Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia, etc.) in political and cultural context, it is organised in factual chronological blocks: administration of the Czech state from the 10century (royal, estate, financial, judicial - after the year 1526 with regard to the central administration of the Habsburg Empire), particular administration until the year 1848 (urban, patrimonial, ecclesiastic), administration systems of the Austrian state in the years 1848-1918 with emphasis on the Czech lands (constitutional development, political administration, local government, organisation of justice), administration system of Czechoslovakia in the years 1918-1938 (constitutional development, legislative and executive power, political administration, local government, judicial organisation), administration in the years 1938-1945 (emigration government, the area of Protectorate, so called Sudetenland), administration system in Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic after the year 1945 (constitutional development, legislative and executive power, national committees on particular territorially administrative levels, justice)
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to the course, literature.
    2. Territorially administrative development of the Czech Lands from the beginning of the statehood until the year 1992.
    3. ? 7. Administrative development of the Czech lands:
    - Principality period (until the year 1197)
    - Royal period (1197-1419/20)
    - Hussite period
    - Estate monarchy (half of the 15 century ? 1627/8)
    - Absolutism/enlightened absolutism (1627/8 ? 1848)
    8. Particular administration in the Czech Lands until the year 1848.
    9. Administrative development of the Czech Lands in the years 1848-1918 on the background of the development of the Austrian/Austro-Hungarian state (constitutional development, state administration, self-government, judiciary).
    10. Administrative development of Czechoslovakia in the years 1918-1938.
    11. Administrative development of the Czech Lands in the years 1938-1945.
    12. Administrative development of Czechoslovakia in the years 1945-1989/92.

Literature
    required literature
  • Hledíková, Z., Dobeš, J., Janák, J. Dějiny správy v českých zemích : od počátků státu po současnost. Praha: NLN, 2003. info
  • Malý, K., Sivák, F. Dějiny státu a práva v Československu. I. Do roku 1918. Praha: Linde, 1993. info
    recommended literature
  • Orzcechowski, K. Historia ustroju Slaska 1202-1740. Wroclaw 2005. info
  • Schelle, K. Vývoj veřejné správy v letech 1848 - 1948. 1. vyd. Praha: Eurolex Bohemia, 2002. ISBN 80-86432-25-4. info
  • Vaněček, V. Dějiny státu a práva v Československu do r. 1945. Praha: Linde, 1995. info
  • Schelle, K. Organizace veřejné správy v letech 1848-1948. Brno, 1993. info
  • Janák, J., Hledíková, Z. Dějiny správy v českých zemích do roku 1945. Praha: SPN, 1989. info
    not specified
  • Janák, J., Kubíček, J. Přehled vývoje ústavních a správních institucí od roku 1945. Praha 1982. info
  • Janák, J. Vývoj správy v českých zemích v letech 1848-1918 se soupisem pramenů a literatury. Praha 1987. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
* Written test controlling the factual knowledge, orientation on map (territorial development).
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2011, Winter 2012, Winter 2013, Winter 2014, Winter 2015, Winter 2016, Winter 2018, Winter 2019, Winter 2020.
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