The course provides knowledge and understanding of the theoretical and practical aspects of the functioning of constitutional adjudication in the Central European region. Firstly, it places the model of constitutional adjudication into wider context of historical development of modern constitutionalism. Simultaneously, it provides knowledge on constitutional adjudication in the Czech Republic and in other countries of Central Europe, i.e. in the context of constitutional adjudication as applied in Germany, Austria, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary. The purpose of the comparatistics is to provide broader knowledge and to point out (institutional, procedural, material, etc.) similarities and differences in the systems of constitutional adjudication of Central Europe as they are linked not only by common historical and theoretical base, but also in many respects by the similar nature of problems they recently face. Finally, the course focuses on the relationship between constitutional adjudication in the Central Europe and European Union.

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Constitutional Review in Central European Context is NOT taught in the winter semester of the academic year 2024/2025.

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Syllabus of the Course: Constitutional Review in Central European Context - 2023/2024 (Summer Semester) 

22. 2. 2024 - prof. Helena Hofmannová: Course Introduction

29. 2. 2024 - prof. Helena Hofmannová: The Theory of Constitutionalism I 

7. 3. 2024 - prof. Helena Hofmannová: The Theory of Constitutionalism II

14. 3. 2024 - prof. Helena Hofmannová: Constitutional Adjudication in Central European Context I

21. 3. 2024 - prof. Helena Hofmannová: Constitutional Adjudication in Central European Context II

28. 3. 2024 - Dean's Day

4. 4. 2024 - dr. Karel Řepa: The Interaction between the EU and National Constitutional Courts - Doctrines, History, and Current Status 

11. 4. 2024 - dr. Karel Řepa: The Defiance of the EU by the Constitutional Courts in Central Europe 

18. 4. 2024 - dr. Karel Řepa: The Defiance of the EU by the Constitutional Courts and Its Effect on Economic and Monetary Integration

25. 4. 2024 - Final Notes and Review

2. 5.  2024 - Special Guest Lecture - dr. Nika Bačić Selanec: EU Constitutionalism Without a Constitution