Předmět Introduction to the US Legal System: European Perspective (JMM016)

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Cíl

Tento kurz má za cíl seznámit studenty s historickými a teoretickými základy amerického právního systému, jeho současným fungováním a vybranými aktuálními problémy. První část se věnuje vzniku a historickému vývoji amerického práva, druhá část pak aktuálním problémům v jednotlivých právních odvětvích.

Sylabus

Course name: Introduction to the US Legal System: European Perspective (JMM016)Time and place: Tuesdays, 9:30-10:50Form: 1/1 (lecture/seminar)Instructor: Kryštof KozákEmail: kozak@fsv.cuni.czConsultation hours - see https://is.cuni.cz/studium/omne/index.php?id=c81eb899f6b18df565723dba4ddecb49&tid=2&do=info Final exam dates: TBADue date for written assignments: June 10, 2015. It is sufficient to send essays via email to kozak@fsv.cuni.cz. Each day of delay means 1% less in the overall grade. List of legal terms for the final exam will be available in the SIS system.Full Powerpoint presentations on federal courts, state courts and the judges, some will be used in the class: http://people.uncw.edu/meinholds/lawcourtsandpolitics/Source: David W. Neubauer, Stephen S. Meinhold: Law, Courts and Politics in the United States, 4th edition. Course description: The course will introduce the students to the U.S. legal system from a European perspective. Role of law in U.S. society as well as various current issues concerning the U.S. legal system will be discussed. First part of the course will focus more on history and development of U.S. law, the second part will cover specific areas of contemporary law. No previous experience with legal studies necessary for enrollment, the emphasis of the course will be on social and political consequences of legal norms. Course requirements: 1. Active participation, including thorough preparation for each class - 5%Students will be required to read and discussed assigned texts. The texts are available online or in the SIS system. Students are expected to check the availability of the text in advance and notify the instructor of any problems with access. If a student has more than two absences, he is required to write a critical analysis of readings (min. 3500 characters with spaces) for each additional missed class. 2. Course project: Arguing a fictional case (15%)Students will form groups of min. 3, max. 4 persons for the project.The group will present a fictional case to the class. The presentation should first introduce all the relevant details of the case, including the most important precedents. Then one student shall argue for the plaintiff, the other for the defendant. Short rebuttals of the arguments of the other side will be possible as well. At the conclusion, the decision of the judge shall be presented and fully explained. Maximum time for the whole presentation: 15-20 minutes. Suggested division of labor for groups of three: Student A: Coming up with the principal facts for the fictional case, research of principal legal ramifications and precedent, concluding judgement and explanantionStudent B: Main arguments for the plaintiff, research of precedent favoring the plaintiffStudent C: Main arguments for the defendant, research of precedent favoring the defendantLast two classes of the course will be devoted to the fictional cases.  Each group will prepare a one-page information about their case and send it to the rest of the class one week before the presentation. 2. Newsletter - 5%Each student will once per semester send one interesting as well as relevant newspaper or magazine article about a legal issue in United States to the rest of the class by Sunday, 23:59. before the Tuesday (mailing list will be provided). He/she should provide two insightful analytical questions related to the article. All students are supposed to read it and be prepared to discuss the questions provided. The student who sent the article should be ready to explain why did he select it. 3. Written assignment - 25%Option A: Written report based on the fictional case presented to the classThe report should contain introduction of the case, arguments of both sides, the decision and supporting arguments and precedents. Minimum length: 9000 characters with spaces per each member of the group. Option B: Book reviewInstead, you may choose any book on the course Bibliography or in our Library relevant the course (those books that do not appear on the course Bibliography should be submitted for our approval) and write a book review of 5 pages minimum (9000 characters with spaces). For the purposes of this assignment, a book will be defined as several chapters in a book (usually the introduction, conclusion, and at least two from the middle). A book review is not the same thing as a book report, which simply summarizes the content of a book. When writing a book review, you not only report on the content of the book but also assess its strengths and weaknesses. Though there is no "correct" way to structure a review, the following is one possible approach.Summarize the book and relate the author's main point, or thesis. What are the questions that the book tries to answer? (Somewhere early in the paper, identify the author briefly.) Describe the author's viewpoint and purpose for writing; note any aspects of the author's background that are important for understanding the book. Note the most important evidence the author presents to support his or her thesis. Evaluate the author's use of evidence, and describe how he or she deals with counter evidence. Is the book's argument convincing? If so why, if not, why not. Cite examples from the text. Compare this book with other books or articles you have read on the same subject. Conclude with a final evaluation of the book. You might discuss who would find this book useful and why. (This text and more tips for how to write book reviews are available at http://courses.washington.edu/tande/book_reviews.htm).Option C:Law review essaySelect any article from the Harvard Law Review or a similar respected high-profile academic journal. Write a report about the article. You should introduce the article in the first half and provide a critical assessment of its main arguments in the second half (min. length 5 pages, 9000 characters including spaces). 4. Final exam - 50%In the first part, students will have to provide definitions for basic terms and concepts, the second part will contain questions focusing on the assigned readings and the last part will contain an essay question requiring longer response based on thorough understanding of the course materials. Course program: 1. Introduction (17.2.)What is a legal system? Legal norms and everyday life, common law vs. civil law, natural law vs. positive law. Specifics of the U.S. system 2. Drafting of the Constitution, ideological origins (24.2.) a) U.S. Constitutionhttp://www.constitution.org/constit_.htm b) Declaration of Independencehttp://www.law.indiana.edu/uslawdocs/declaration.html c) Constitutional Amendments I-XXVIIhttp://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/billrights.htmlhttp://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/amendments.html d) Charles A. Beard: An Economic Interpretation of The Constitution of The United States, MacMillan, New York, 1913(pages 9-17 and 165 of the Word document are mandatory, the rest is recommended) interesting cases: Salem Witchcraft Trialshttp://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/salem.htmJohn Peter Zenger Trialhttp://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/zenger/zenger.htmlMarbury vs. Madisonhttp://writ.news.findlaw.com/commentary/20030224_grossman.htmlhttp://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/marbury.htmlMcCulloch vs. State of Marylandhttp://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0017_0316_ZS.htmlhttp://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0017_0316_ZO.html Newsletter:  3. Law and economics in historical context, 19th century (3.3.)a) Lawrence M. Friedman, Law in America, pp. 37-57, downloadable file (.pdf).b) Oliver W. Holmes, Path of the Law (Harvard Law Review, 1897)http://www.constitution.org/lrev/owh/path_law.htm  Newsletter:  interesting cases:Lochner vs. New Yorkhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lochner_v._New_YorkStandard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United Stateshttp://www.justia.us/us/221/1/case.htmlhttp://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0221_0001_ZO.html 4. Law and politics in historical context II., 20th century (11.3.) a) Lawrence M. Friedman, Law in America, pp. 124-158 , downloadable file (.pdf). Newsletter: Mertová, Petrášinteresting cases:Dredd Scott vs. Sandfordhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dred_Scott_v._SandfordAbrams vs. United Stateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abrams_v._United_States 5. Justice (25.3.)Reading: Michal Sandel: Justice. What is the Right Thing to Do? Farrar, Straus, Giroux, New York, 2010. (selected chapter in SIS).Look at least one lecture by Michael Sandel at Harvard:http://www.justiceharvard.org/Ronald Dworkin: The Case against Color-Blind Admissions, The New York Review of Books, December 20, 2012, available here: http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2012/dec/20/case-against-color-blind-admissions/Newsletter:  6. Role of the Supreme Court in contemporary politics (1.4.)Jeffrey Toobin: The Nine (excerpt), downloadable file (.pdf).Ronald Dworkin, The Court’s Embarrassingly Bad Decisions, May 26, 2011, New York Review of Books (.pdf) in SIS.Newsletter:  7. The Constitution, U.S. Code and precedents (14.4.)  Congress Shall Make No Law : The First Amendment, Unprotected Speech, and the Supreme CourtO'Brien, David M.http://site.ebrary.com/lib/cuni/docDetail.action?docID=10483523&adv.x=1&p00=k1&f00=lccn&p00_upper=kzd5681&p01=%22United+States%22&f01=subject1. When ‘‘No Law’’ Doesn’t Mean ‘‘No Law’’6. ConclusionIt's Obama vs. the Supreme Court, Round 2, over campaign finance rulingBy Robert Barnes and Anne E. KornblutWashington Post Staff Writer Thursday, March 11, 2010¨http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/09/AR2010030903040.htmlHoward Zinn: Don't Despair about the Supreme Court, The Progressive, November 13, 2005, available at:http://www.progressive.org/mag_zinn1105Recommended: Jon Wiener: Justice Stephen Breyer: Supreme Court is 'Not Political', The Nation, September 18, 2010.http://www.thenation.com/blog/154808/justice-stephen-breyer-supreme-court-not-politicalWhen Courts and Congress Collide : The Struggle for Control of America's Judicial System Geyh, Charles Gardnerhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/cuni/docDetail.action?docID=10362203&adv.x=1&p00=k1&f00=lccn&p00_upper=kzd5681&p01=%22United+States%22&f01=subjectIntroduction (p. 1-21)It would also be very useful for you to briefly browse through the profiles of individual Supreme Court Justices at www.oyez.orgExtensive video Conversation with Robert Bork is available at:http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4712759829958253746Look at least on some part of it to get a better understanding of Robert Bork's persona.Blog dedicated to U.S. Supreme Courthttp://www.scotusblog.com/wp/Official video introducing the Supreme Court, the music is horrible, but has good background visuals:http://www.oyez.org/media/scotus_video1Linda Greenhouse, In Steps Big and Small, Supreme Court Moved Right, The New York Times, July 1, 2007.greenhouse-big-small.docinteresting cases:United States v. Nixonhttp://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/search/display.html?terms=Nixon&url=/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0418_0683_ZO.htmlBush v. Gorehttp://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/00-949.ZPC.html Newsletter: 8. Selected issues in contemporary criminal law (21.4.)Required readings:Class, Race, Gender, and Crime : The Social Realities of Justice in AmericaFlavin, Jeanne Barak, Gregghttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/cuni/docDetail.action?docID=10404851&adv.x=1&p00=Flavin%2C+Jeanne+Barak%2C+Gregg&f00=authorIntroduction: Crime, Inequality, and JusticeConclusion: Crime, Justice, and Policy Recommended:Federal Justice Statistics, 2009. Department of Justicehttp://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/fjs09.pdf Smart on Crime. Recommendations for the Next Administration and Congress.http://2009transition.org/criminaljustice/Read through pages 10-27 of the .pdf file on the website, then pick one of the issues in the rest of the document and be prepared to introduce it to the class (2 minutes). Recommended Resources: FBI Uniform Crime Report: http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/ucrBasic data and charts (check the underlying sources of data):http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_the_United_States  Newsletter:  Recommended background readings:U.S. Code:http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/Title 18: Crimes and Criminal Procedurehttp://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode18/usc_sup_01_18.htmlHomicide:http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode18/usc_sup_01_18_10_I_20_51.htmlTorture:http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode18/usc_sup_01_18_10_I_20_113C.htmlBarry Schenck, Peter Neufeldt: Actual Innocence, Signet Books, 2001Part I.Part II.Cells or Classrooms, Justice Policy Institute (.pdf)Drug Facts - Race, Prison and the Drug Laws (.pdf)http://people.uncw.edu/meinholds/lawcourtsandpolitics/This page includes links to Powerpoint presentations on Federal Courts and State Courts.Official Prison Statistics (.pdf)Official Black Victims Statistics (.pdf)interesting cases:Miranda vs. Arizonahttp://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/search/display.html?terms=Miranda&url=/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0384_0436_ZO.htmlO.J. Simpson Trialhttp://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/Simpson/simpson.htm 8. Selected issues in contemporary civil law (28.4.) Tort reform background:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tort_reform#United_States Tort reform proposal:Executive Office of the President, Council of Economic Advisers. 2004. Economic Report of the President 2004. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. Available athttp://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/ERP-2004/pdf/ERP-2004.pdf Chapter 11 Tort System, pages 201-220. Lawyer´s perspective:http://www.justinian.us/2004/03/what-is-tort-reform-and-why-is-it-bad-for-the-public.html Recommended:I Dissent : Great Opposing Opinions in Landmark Supreme Court CasesTushnet, Markhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/cuni/docDetail.action?docID=10256084&adv.x=1&p00=k1&f00=lccn&p00_upper=kzd5681&p01=%22United+States%22&f01=subjectChapter 16 :"Do not believe it."  Newsletter: Recommended readings:Center for Legal Policy: Trial Lawyers, Inc.http://www.manhattan-institute.org/pdf/triallawyersinc.pdf'Silent Tort Reform' Is Overriding States' Powers, New York Times, March 10, 2006http://instituty.fsv.cuni.cz/~kozak/NYT-tort-reform.docVote in House Offers a Shield In Obesity Suits, New York Times, March 11, 2004http://instituty.fsv.cuni.cz/~kozak/NYT-obesity-bill.docAmerican Tort Reform Association: Judicial Hellholes, 2007http://www.atra.org/reports/hellholes/report.pdfAmerican Association for Justice (formerly Association of Trial Lawyers of America)http://www.justice.org/pressroom/PressReleases/2007/dec18.aspxTowers, Perrin, Tillinghast: Tort cost 2004http://www.towersperrin.com/tillinghast/publications/reports/Tort_2004/Tort.pdfEconomic Policy Institute: Frivolous Tort Reformhttp://www.epi.org/content.cfm/bp157Center for Legal Policy: Trial Lawyers, Inc.http://www.triallawyersinc.com/TLI-HealthCare.pdf interesting cases:Liebeck v. McDonald's Restaurantshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebeck_v._McDonald%27s_RestaurantsRoe vs. Wade společně s Planned Parenthood v. Caseyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roe_vs._Wadehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planned_Parenthood_v._CaseyRegents of the University of California v. Bakkehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regents_of_the_University_of_California_v._Bakke Newsletter:      5.5. International vs. domestic law Mandatory readings: Simon Lester: Liberalization or Litigation?, Time to Rethink the International Investment Regime, available at:http://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/pa730_web.pdf Resolution on Investor-State Dispute Resolution in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, available at:http://www.consumersinternational.org/media/1398522/tacd-ttip-resolution-on-investor-state-dispute-resolution.pdf Table of foreign investor-state cases and Claims under NAFTA and other U.S. "trade" deals: http://www.citizen.org/documents/investor-state-chart1.pdf  Recommended readings: List of investor-state disputes by Public Citizen:http://www.citizen.org/documents/investor-state-chart1.pdfCatharine Yannaca-Small: Improving the System of Investor-state Dispute Settlement: An Overview, OECD, 2006:http://www.oecd.org/investment/internationalinvestmentagreements/40079647.pdfSteven McBride: Reconfiguring Sovereignty: NAFTA Chapter 11 Dispute Settlement Procedures and the Issue of Public-Private Authority, Canadian Journal of Political Science / Revue canadienne de science politique, 39:4 (December/decembre 2006) 755-775HERE.Damara Griffith: NAFTA, Sovereignty and Tradeoffshttp://www.fed-soc.org/doclib/20070324_NAFTA.pdfJoe Cobb: The Real Threat to U.S. SovereigntyHeritage Lecture #497http://www.heritage.org/Research/InternationalOrganizations/HL497.cfmFor those with interest in international law and ICC, the following article is highly recommended:The United States of America and the International Criminal CourtDiane Marie Amann; M. N. S. SellersThe American Journal of Comparative Law > Vol. 50, (Autumn, 2002), pp. 381-404Stable URL: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-919X%28200223%2950%3C381%3ATUSOAA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-Iinteresting cases: Tuna Dolphin - WTO casehttp://www.foei.org/trade/activistguide/tunaban.htmhttp://gurukul.ucc.american.edu/ted/TUNA.HTMMethanex v. the United States of Americahttp://www.iisd.org/investment/methanex_background.asphttp://www.methanex.com/newsroom/mxnaftabackground.html     12.5. Moot court presentations, discussion  Bonus readings: Bonus readings: Selected issues in contemporary business law Mandatory reading:The Essential Elements of Corporate Law: What is Corporate Law?, John Armour, Henry Hansmann, Reinier Kraakman, Discussion Paper No. 643, 7/2009, Harvard Law School available at: http://www.law.harvard.edu/programs/olin_center/papers/pdf/Kraakman_643.pdfNewsletter: Drozd Recommended reading:L Bebchuk, 'The Case for Increasing Shareholder Power' (2004-5) 118 Harvard Law Review 833, 844http://www.law.yale.edu/documents/pdf/CBL_Symposium10_05/S4-2%20HLR-Increasing%20Shareholder%20Power.pdfRegulatory Rights : Supreme Court Activism, the Public Interest, and the Making of Constitutional LawLarry Yacklehttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/cuni/docDetail.action?docID=10265986&adv.x=1&p00=k1&f00=lccn&p00_upper=kzd5681&p01=%22United+States%22&f01=subject3. Regulatory RightsRobert A. Levy, William Mellor: The Dirty Dozen. How Twelve Supreme Court Cases Radically Expanded Government and Eroded Freedom, Cato Institute, 2008, chapters 9, 10, downloadable file (.pdf).Classier actions, The Economist, February 15, 2007:economist-business-09.docHow to start a business in New York State (official guide)http://www.business.gov/states/new-york/start.htmlChoosing your business structure (Small Business Administration official guide):http://www.sba.gov/smallbusinessplanner/start/chooseastructure/START_FORMS_OWNERSHIP.html?cm_sp=ExternalLink-_-Federal-_-SBABasics of contract law (ExpertLaw):http://www.expertlaw.com/library/business/contract_law.htmlSelection of articles from The Economist concerning regulation of small businesses, Sarbanes Oxley law and class action suits, available hereeconomist-business-08.docRecommended for those with deeper interest in business law:Anderson, Fox, Twomey: Business Law- Contract, pp. 185-200, PR 263a, available in Jinonice libraryBad enough to punish: The application of the responsibility guidepost in punitive damages cases after BMW v. GoreFederation of Insurance & Corporate Counsel Quarterly, Fall 1998 by Levy, Barry R, Watson, H Thomas, Cutting, Curthttp://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3811/is_199810/ai_n8812153  interesting cases:MGM Studios v. Groksterhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MGM_Studios%2C_Inc._v._Grokster%2C_Ltd.BMW of Norh America, Inc. v. Gorehttp://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/94-896.ZO.html Justice Society  United States and International lawDiane Marie Amann; M. N. S. Sellers, The United States of America and the International Criminal Court, The American Journal of Comparative Law > Vol. 50, (Autumn, 2002), pp. 381-404  Pamela S. Karlan, Electing Judges, Judging Elections, and the Lessons of Caperton, 123 Harvard Law Review 80 (2009)http://hlr.rubystudio.com/media/pdf/karlan09.pdfJed Handelsman Shugerman, Economic Crisis and the Rise of Judicial Elections and Judicial Review,123 Harvard Law Review, 1061 (2010) http://www.harvardlawreview.org/media/pdf/123_shugerman.pdfPath of the Law (30.3.)Reading: Oliver Wendell Holmes: Path of the LawConflicts of national and international lawThe Institutional Project of Neo-Liberal Globalism: The Case of the WTOAuthor(s): Nitsan ChorevSource: Theory and Society, Vol. 34, No. 3 (Jun., 2005), pp. 317-355stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4501726Recommended:a) Steven McBride: Reconfiguring Sovereignty: NAFTA Chapter 11 Dispute Settlement Procedures and the Issue of Public-Private Authority, Canadian Journal of Political Science / Revue canadienne de science politique, 39:4 (December/decembre 2006) 755-775HERE.Damara Griffith: NAFTA, Sovereignty and Tradeoffshttp://www.fed-soc.org/doclib/20070324_NAFTA.pdfJoe Cobb: The Real Threat to U.S. SovereigntyHeritage Lecture #497http://www.heritage.org/Research/InternationalOrganizations/HL497.cfmFor those with interest in international law and ICC, the following article is highly recommended:The United States of America and the International Criminal CourtDiane Marie Amann; M. N. S. SellersThe American Journal of Comparative Law > Vol. 50, (Autumn, 2002), pp. 381-404Stable URL: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-919X%28200223%2950%3C381%3ATUSOAA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-Iinteresting cases: Tuna Dolphin - WTO casehttp://www.foei.org/trade/activistguide/tunaban.htmhttp://gurukul.ucc.american.edu/ted/TUNA.HTMMethanex v. the United States of Americahttp://www.iisd.org/investment/methanex_background.asphttp://www.methanex.com/newsroom/mxnaftabackground.htmlOklahoma Bombinghttp://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/mcveigh/mcveightrial.htmlKelo v. New Londonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susette_Kelo_et_al._v._City_of_New_London_et_al.http://www.law.duke.edu/publiclaw/supremecourtonline/editedCases/kelvcit.html Theory and interpretation of the lawa) Oliver W. Holmes, Path of the Law (Harvard Law Review, 1897)http://www.constitution.org/lrev/owh/path_law.htmb) Robert M. Cover, Nomos and Narrative (Harvard Law Review, 1982, only the first 11 pages)http://www.bepress.com/ils/iss8/Cover_Nomos.pdfRecommended:"Legal positivism," Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/legal-positivism/"Originalism," Legal Theory Lexicon, http://lsolum.typepad.com/legal_theory_lexicon/2004/01/legal_theory_le_1.htmlRichard Posner talks to U.S. law students on law and economics: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJlR51GQepgRichard Posner: Economic Interpretations of the Law, pp. 572-585, in: Snow, May: Legal Philosophy, in the school library, PR 506. interesting cases:Plessy vs. Fergusson together with Brown vs. Board of Education in Topekahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plessy_v._Fergusonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_v._Board_of_EducationTennessee vs. John Scopes (Monkey Trial)http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scopes/scopes.htmAdditional bonus readings:Lawrence M. Friedman: Law, Lawyers, and Popular CultureThe Yale Law Journal, Vol. 98, No. 8, Symposium: Popular Legal Culture. (Jun., 1989), pp. 1579-1606.Stable URL: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0044-0094%28198906%2998%3A8%3C1579%3ALLAPC%3E2.0.CO%3B2-1In case JSTOR does not work, click HERE.Robert A. Kagan: Do Lawyers Cause Adversarial Legalism? A Preliminary InquiryLaw & Social Inquiry > Vol. 19, No. 1 (Winter, 1994), pp. 1-62Stable URL: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0897-6546%28199424%2919%3A1%3C1%3ADLCALA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-Lpouze stránky 1-25.In case JSTOR does not work, click HERE.Definitions of basic legal terms:http://www.id.uscourts.gov/glossary.htmRecommended movies related to U.S. legal system:http://faculty.law.lsu.edu/ccorcos/lawctr/TOPTENMOVIES.htmMovies available in most Czech video rentals: Twelve Angry Men, Erin Brokovich, Devil´s Advocate, Legally Blond, Three Days of the Condor, Green Mile, Shawshank Redemption, L.A. Confidential. Recommended readings from the Ebrary database (available through UK electronic resources, great source of inspiration for book reviews):(http://pez.cuni.cz/prehled/zdroj.php?lang=cs&id=572)  American Constitutional Law, Volume 1 : The Structure of Government (8th Edition)Rossum, Ralph A. Tarr, G. Alanhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/cuni/docDetail.action?docID=10449815&adv.x=1&p00=k1&f00=lccn&p00_upper=kzd5681&p01=%22United+States%22&f01=subject American Constitutional Law, Volume 2 : The Bill of Rights and Subsequent Amendments (8th Edition)Rossum, Ralph A. Tarr, G. Alanhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/cuni/docDetail.action?docID=10449817&adv.x=1&p00=k1&f00=lccn&p00_upper=kzd5681&p01=%22United+States%22&f01=subject Myth of Judicial Activism : Making Sense of Supreme Court DecisionsRoosevelt, Kermithttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/cuni/docDetail.action?docID=10170016&adv.x=1&p00=k1&f00=lccn&p00_upper=kzd5681&p01=%22United+States%22&f01=subject Advice and Dissent : The Struggle to Shape the Federal JudiciaryBinder, Sarah A. Maltzman, Forresthttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/cuni/docDetail.action?docID=10338445&adv.x=1&p00=k1&f00=lccn&p00_upper=kzd5681&p01=%22United+States%22&f01=subject Regulatory Rights : Supreme Court Activism, the Public Interest, and the Making of Constitutional LawLarry Yacklehttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/cuni/docDetail.action?docID=10265986&adv.x=1&p00=k1&f00=lccn&p00_upper=kzd5681&p01=%22United+States%22&f01=subject Belfer Center Studies in International Security : Laws, Outlaws, and Terrorists : Lessons from the War on TerrorismBlum, Gabriella Heymann, Philip B.http://site.ebrary.com/lib/cuni/docDetail.action?docID=10424677&adv.x=1&p00=Blum%2C+Gabriella+Heymann%2C+Philip+B.&f00=author Long-Term Effects of Law Enforcement's Post-9/11 Focus on Counterterrorism and Homeland SecurityDavis, Lois M. 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Literatura

Viz. povinná četba ke každé hodině v sylabu.

Požadavky

Kurz je vyučován v angličtině, aktivní účast, prezentace, závěrečný písemný test, podrobnosti viz. sylabus.

Garant

PhDr. et Mgr. Kryštof Kozák, Ph.D.