DDML411 Law - seminar I

Theatre Faculty
Summer 2026
Extent and Intensity
0/2/4. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: graded credit.
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Ondřej Glogar, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Ondřej Glogar, Ph.D.
Theatre Management and Stage Technology Department – Dean’s Office – Theatre Faculty – Janáček Academy of Performing Arts
Supplier department: Theatre Management and Stage Technology Department – Dean’s Office – Theatre Faculty – Janáček Academy of Performing Arts
Timetable
Thu 19. 2. to Sun 24. 5. Thu 10:15–11:45 106
Prerequisites
Graduation of the Theatre Production (bachelor degree study programme, formerly Theatre Management and Stage Technology) or a similiar type of study programme.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to teach students to apply knowledge gained in law to specific managerial situations: solve standard legal agenda in contracts, corporate and copyright law.
Learning outcomes
Knowledge:
Student will demonstrate the ability to apply the applicable legislation to specific solutions to standard managerial situations, including any ongoing amendments. Student is able to process and combine such legal documents.
Skills:
Student will demonstrate the ability to apply the valid legal text, to parse specific managerial situation into partial legally regulated questions, to find appropriate variants of solution and finally to justify the resulting alternative.
Competence:
Students work as a professional consulting team - everyone presents their solutions, but they have to be prepared for opposition to others and others.
Syllabus
Legal analysis of managerial activities organized by students within the framework of the practical project assigned by study programme, finding appropriate legal solutions and its processing into desired or optimal ways. This is done through seminar work and public defense of the seminar. Students thus not only resolves the situation arising from their own specific projects but they handle tasks or model situations that are necessary for problem solving of projects of other students.

Topics usually cover these areas:

  1. Establishment of a non-profit association
  2. Establishment of a limited liability company
  3. License agreement with a visiting professional
  4. Securing rights to copyrighted works for live (theatrical) performances
  5. Legal aspects of securing an artist's performance
  6. Tax liability and social and health obligations of a freelance artist
  7. Possible legal solutions of fundraising activities and outputs
  8. Legal aspects of organizing cultural events in public spaces
Student processes all topics within his seminar paper, then present and defends one of the topics within seminar.

Literature
    required literature
  • Zákon č. 121/2000 Sb., o právu autorském - používání Automatizovaného systému právních informací. info
  • SRSTKA, Jiří. Autorské právo v divadle. 2. vydání. Praha: Leges, 2022, 141 pp. ISBN 978-80-7502-582-1. info
  • SRSTKA, Jiří; Jan BARTÁK; Tomáš DOBŘICHOVSKÝ; Pavel KOUKAL; Rudolf LEŠKA; Pavel MATES; Petr PRCHAL; František PÚRY; Petra SKŘEJPKOVÁ; Vladimír SMEJKAL; Ivo TELEC; František VYSKOČIL and Petra ŽIKOVSKÁ. Autorské právo a práva související: vysokoškolská učebnice. Praha: Leges, 2024, 510 pp. ISBN 978-80-7502-685-9. info
  • CHLOUPEK, Vojtěch and Jiří SRSTKA. Smlouvy v divadelní praxi. Akademie múzických umění v Praze, 2013, 236 pp. info
  • KREJČÍ, Hana. Základní typy právních forem profesionálních divadel v České republice a jejich vliv na proces řízení. 2009. info
    recommended literature
  • Licenční prvky Creative Commons Česká republika online www.creativecommons.cz
  • ŠALOMOUN, Michal. Ochrana názvů postav a příběhů uměleckých děl. C.H. Beck, 2003, 156 pp. info
  • MILAN, KUNDERA. Nechovejte se tu jako doma, příteli. Atlantis, 2006. info
  • TELEC, Ivo. Přehled práva duševního vlastnictví. 2., upr. vyd. Brno, 2007, 199 pp. ISBN 978-80-7239-206-3. info
Teaching methods
Teacher assignes specific managerial situation that is commonly encountered in practice per student. Student identifies firstly potential legal problems of given situation and is engaged into the problem solving of other students in the seminar. Thus students learn to put legal solutions into common management practice. Student presents the properly articulated proposed solutions within discussion with other students. Student receives feedback reflection of the solutions from the teacher. Finally student hase to prepare a seminar paper presenting previously discussed and consulted solutions.

Teacher uses the following teaching methods: Seminar, work with text, discussion methods, heuristic methods, group and cooperative learning, critical thinking, brainstorming
Assessment methods

Graded credit based on the presentation of one of the topics and all written assignments.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2015, Summer 2016, Summer 2017, Summer 2018, Summer 2019, Summer 2020, Summer 2021, Summer 2022, Summer 2023, Summer 2024, Summer 2025, Summer 2027.
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