JUDr. Lenka Bezoušková, Ph.D., LL. M.
Phone: +420 221 990 744
Research field
Family Law, Islamic Law, especially Law of Personal Status, Principles of Islamic Jurisprudence (usūl al-fiqh), Human Rights, Comparative Law
Education
- 2000-2006 Faculty of Law, University of Westbohemia (Mgr.)
- 2006-2007 Juristische Fakultät, Universität Passau, BRD (LL.M. summa cum laude)
- 2008 Faculty of Law, University of Westbohemia (JUDr.)
- 2012 Faculty of Law, University of Westbohemia (Ph.D.)
Projects
- 2013-2015 »Human Rights in Inter-Cultural Perspectives«, Member of Research Team, Project funded by Grant Agency of Czech Republic
- 2010-2011 »Law of Personal status in Muslim Countries and its Application by National Courts in Europe«, Independent Research Project, Project funded by University of West Bohemia
Pedagogical work
- 2009 – present - Faculty of Law, Department of Legal Theory, University of West Bohemia - Assistant Professor. Courses taught: Legal Theory, Islamic law, Selected Chapters of Jewish and Islamic law, Jewish and Islamic Law in Comparison, supervision of master theses and undertaking of projects on innovation of courses
- 2014 – present - Faculty of Law, Charles University, Department for Political Sciences and Sociology - External Lecturer. Course taught: Society and the Law in Muslim Countries
Other important activities related to scientific work
Scholarships:
2016 – Masaryk Distinguished Chair v Izraeli (one and half month stay on Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya) – waived due to medial reasons
2015 DAAD Scholarship – Re-invitation Programme for Former Scholarship Holders (two monts stay at Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht, Hamburg)
2010 Max-Planck Society Scholarship for Doctoral Students (three and half months stay at Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht, Hamburg)
2006 DAAD Scholarship for Graduate Students (one-year programme LL.M. in Passau)
Research stays longer than one month:
Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht, Germany
American University in Cairo, Egypt
Oriental Institute of University Leipzig, Germany
Research stays shorter than one month:
Max-Planck Institut für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht, Germany
Faculty of Law, University of Haifa, Israel
