Předmět Government Law: An Overview of Decision Making and Transparency in American Government (MVV167K)

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Cíl

The purpose of this course is to become familiar with the most common concepts encountered in practicing government law in America and to see how the concepts cross all boundaries in American government, being relevant to federal, state and local governments. Government law touches the things that are part of everyone’s daily life, including trash pickup, utilities, emergency response, roads, public safety and the way your community looks. Transparency and accountability are cornerstones of government law that affect the lawyer advising the mayor of the smallest town all the way to the lawyers advising the President of the United States.At the end of the course, each student should be able to understand and explain the general types of laws put in place to ensure transparency in governmental decision making and work with information on when those laws apply. Further, each student should be able to create fact patterns in which a government official is presented with an ethical dilemma and make reasoned decisions about whether an official has broken general ethical standards. Finally, the student should be able to make deductions based on acquired knowledge related to governmental liability and decision making.

Osnova

TOPIC I: The basic structure of government in AmericaA. Federal, state and local government bodiesB. Federal and state constitutionsC. Separation of Powers: The Executive, Legislative and Judicial branchesD. Preemption, both federal and statea. Explicit Preemptionb. Implicit PreemptionE. Home rule powersTOPIC II: Making DecisionsA. Laws and ordinancesB. Parliamentary Procedure and Robert’s Rules of OrderC. Public ParticipationD. Strategy and Voting BlocsE. LiabilityF. Immunity1. Sovereign Immunity2. Qualified Immunity3. Absolute Immunity4. Legislative ImmunityTOPIC III: Open Government and TransparencyA. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and public records laws1. Definition of records2. Compare to providing information and explanations3. Exemptions and examples of exemptions4. Rights of privacyB. Sunshine Law1. Legislative bodies2. Matter reasonably likely to come before the body3. Exemptions4. Practical challenges5. Pamphlet from the First Amendment FoundationC. Ethics1. Codes of Ethics: statutes and policies2. Commissions on Ethics3. Gifts, Conflicts of Interest and Financial Disclosures4. Corruption; examples5. Criminal charges to combat Corruption: bribery, honest services fraud and Quid Pro QuoD. Television, Internet and Other MediaTOPIC IV: Miscellaneous Government Law IssuesA. Infrastructure and ServicesB. Revenue SourcesC. Emergency Responses1. States of Emergency2. Police PowersD. Government as EmployerTOPIC V: Issues of Interest to the Class and Test

Literatura

Reading materials will be provided before and during the course.

Garant

JUDr. Jiří Valdhans, Ph.D.

Vyučující

JUDr. Jiří Valdhans, Ph.D.