prof. lic. Damián Němec, dr

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Born in 1960.

Academic Employments and Offices

• 2023 - now Head of the Department of Church Law, Palacký University of Olomouc, Faculty of Theology
• 2021 - now Professor, Palacký University of Olomouc, Faculty of Theology
• 2018 – now Teaching of the Canon law at the Faculty of Law of Masaryk University in Brno
• 2017 – now Member of the Counsel on Health Pastoral Care at Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic
• 2017 – now Member of the Academic Senate of Palacký University of Olomouc
• 2016 – 2023 Head of the Department of Church History and Canon Law, Palacký University of Olomouc, Faculty of Theology
• 2013 – 2016 Teaching of state ecclesiastical law and property canon law on the course for licentiate of canon law at the Academy of Canon Law in Brno
• 2012 – now Scientific researcher (Research projects, supervisor and opponent of theses), University of Trnava (Slovakia), Faculty of Law
• 2008 – 2016 Head of the Department of Canon Law, Palacký University of Olomouc, Faculty of Theology
• 2006 – now Professor assistant, Palacký University of Olomouc, Faculty of Philosophy, Courses of the history of Canon law and of Church-State relations
• 2006 – now Member of the Scientific Counsel of the Faculty of Theology, Palacký University of Olomouc
• 2006 – 2014 Vice-Dean (for organisation, evolution and juridical affaires), Palacký University of Olomouc, Faculty of Theology
• 2005 – now Member of the Counsel of the Doctoral Studies of the Practical Theology, Palacký University of Olomouc, Faculty of Theology
• 2005 – now Member (since 2017 chairman) of the Legislative Commission of the Academic Senate of the Palacký University of Olomouc
• 2005 – 2008 Charged with guidance of the Department of Church Law, Palacký University of Olomouc, Faculty of Theology
• 2005 – 2006 Member of the Academic Senate of Palacký University of Olomouc
• 2002 – 2018 Member (2006–2018 President) of the Commission for Intellectual Life, Czech Dominican Province Prague
• 1996 – 1999 Member of the Academic Senate of the Faculty of Theology at Palacký University of Olomouc
• 1994 – 2010 Assistant, Palacký University of Olomouc, Faculty of Law, Courses of State ecclesiastical law and of Canon Law
• 1991 – 2008 Assistant, Palacký University of Olomouc, Faculty of Theology, Courses of Canon law
• 1990 – 1991 Member of the Academic Senate of the Faculty of Theology at Palacký University of Olomouc and of the Collegium of the Rector of the Palacký University of Olomouc
  

Church Employments and Offices

• 2017 - now Consultant of the Commission for Economy and Law of the Czech Bishops' Conference Prague
• 2014 - 2017 Auxiliary Delegate for Health Care, Archdiocese Olomouc
• 2012 - now Member of the Council for Health Care, Czech Bishops' Conference Prague
• 2007 - now Counsellor of the Press Centre , Czech Bishops' Conference Prague
• 2006 - now Member (2012-2018 President) of the Commission for Liturgy, Czech Dominican Province Prague
• 2004 - 2006 Member of the Commission for Liturgy, Czech Conference of Bishops Prague
• 2003 - 2005 Expert, Czech Bishops' Conference Prague, Plenary Council of the Catholic Church
• 2002 - now Member of the Editing Counsel, Czech Dominican Province Prague
• 2002 - 2018 Member of the Provincial Counsel, Czech Dominican Province Prague
• 2002 - 2009 Member of the Commission for Preparation of the State of Consecrated Widows , Diocese of Pilsen
• 2002 - 2004 Pastor, Archdiocese of Prague, Parish of Prague - Hlubočepy
• 1998 - 2002 Provincial, Czech Dominican Province Prague
• 1993 - 1998 Prior of the Convent of Dominicans in Olomouc
• 1991 - 1992 Parochial vicar, Archdiocese of Olomouc, Parish of St. Michael in Olomouc

• Law of consecrated life
• Church-State relations, especially concordats
• Law of sacraments
• Penal Canon law
• Administration of Church goods

Scientific Organisations

• Canon Law Society and its Institute of Ecclesiastical Law (Prague)
• Consociatio Internationalis Studio Iuris Canonici Promovendo (Roma)
• Société International de Droit Canonique et de Législations Religieuses Comparées Paris
• International Consortium for Law And Religion Studies [ICLARS] Milano
• The European Society for History of Law Brno

1. Annotated Legal Documents on Islam in Europe: Czech Republic (with Zora Hesová, 50 %). Series:  Annotated Legal Documents on Islam in Europe, Volume 22. Leiden: Brill, 2021. 150 pp. ISBN 978-90-04-44431-7
2. Concordat Agreements between the Holy See and the Post-Communist Countries (1990–2010). [Law and Religious Studies 8]. Leuven – Paris – Walpole, MA: Peeters, 2012. 544 pp. ISBN 978-90-429-2519-9
3. Konkordátní smlouvy Svatého stolce s postkomunistickými zeměmi (1990–2008) [Concordat Agreements between the Holy See and the Post-Communist Countries (1990–2008)]. Bratislava: Ústav pre vzťahy štátu a cirkví, 2010. 544 pp. ISBN 978-80-89096-45-9
4. Manželské právo katolické církve s ohledem na platné české právo [Marriage Law of the Catholic Church with Regard on the Actual Czech Law]. Praha – Kostelní Vydří: Krystal OP – Karmelitánské nakladatelství, 2006. 215 pp. ISBN 80-85929-83-X – 80-7195-065-3

1. Sobczyk, P. (ed.) Religious Symbols in the Public Sphere. Budapest–Miskolc, Ferenc Mádl Institute of Comparative Law – Central European Academic Publishing, 2021. ISBN 978-615-6356-06-2, ISBN 978-615-6356-07-9 (eBook) – Ferenc Mádl Institute, ISBN 978-615-01-3005-7, ISBN 978-615-01-3006-4 (eBook) – Central European Academic Publishing. 279 s. DOI: 10.54237/profnet.2021.psrs; chapter The Legal Regulation of Religious Symbols in the Public Sphere in the Czech Republic, s. 39–72. DOI: 10.54237/profnet.2021.psrs_2
2. Němec, D. (ed.). Registrácia cirkví a náboženských spoločností v zemiach Vyšehradskej štvorky, Rakúsku a na Ukrajine. Registration of Churches and Religious Societies in the Visegrad Four Countries, Austria and Ukraine. Praha: Leges, 2019. 320 pp. ISBN 978-80-7502-369-8, chapter Registrácia cirkví a náboženských spoločností na Slovensku. Registration of Churches and Religious Societies in Slovakia, pp. 55–83 (Slovak), pp. 211–242 (English)
3. Tretera, J. R. and Z. Horák (eds.). Spiritual Care in Public Institutions in Europe. Berlin: Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag, 2019. 140 pp. ISBN 978-3-8305- 3991-9; chapter Spiritual Care in Healthcare Facilities in the Czech Republic, pp. 107–118
4. Janczewski, Z. – Dohnalik, J. – Kilanowski, I. (eds.). Kodeks pio-benedyktyński między tradycją a rozwojem [The Pio-Benedictine Code between Tradition and Evolution]. Warszawa: Spes, 2017. 222 s. ISBN 978-83-949461-0-4; chapter Ewolucja regulacji CIC/1917 dotyczącej profesji czasowej [Evolution of the Legislative of CIC/1917 Regarding Temporal Profession], pp. 115–146
5. Ryguła, Piotr (ed.). Skutki cywilnoprawne małżeństwa kanonicznego ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem prawa w Polsce, Słowacji i Republice Czeskiej. Kraków: Scriptum, 2014. 166 s. ISBN 978-83-64028-22-9; kapitola Skutki cywilne zawarcia małżeństwa kanonicznego w czeskim systemie prawnym, s. 115–126
6. Moravčíková, Michaela (ed.). Reštitúcie cirkevného majetku [Restitution of Church Goods]. Bratislava: Ústav pre vzťahy štátu a cirkví, 2010. 244 pp. ISBN 978-80-89096-48-0; Chapter Vývoj zásad uplatněných v návrzích majetkového vyrovnání s církvemi a náboženskými společnostmi v České republice ve světle konkordátních smluv s postkomunistickými zeměmi [Evolution of Principles Adopted in Proposals of Patrimony Settlement with Churches and Religious Congregations in the Light of Concordat Agreements with Post-Communist Countries], pp. 143–175
7. Coglievina, Stella (ed.). Le Conferenze episcopali in Europa. Un nuovo attore delle relazioni tra Stati e Chiesa cattolica. Milano: Vita e pensiero, 2010. XXII + 226 pp. ISBN 978-88-343-1869-0; Chapter Repubblica Ceca, pp. 123–148
8. Černušák, Tomáš – Prokop, Augustin – Němec, Damián. Historie dominikánů v českých zemích [History of Dominicans in the Czech Countries]. Praha: Krystal OP, 2001. 239 pp. ISBN 80-85929-50-3; Chapter Česká dominikánská provincie po jejím obnovení v r. 1905 [Czech Dominican Province after its Restoring in 1905], pp. 158–239
9. Diocesan Synods in the Czech Republic – an Unused Instrument? Revue církevního práva [Church Law Review], Praha. Společnost pro církevní právo [Church Law Society], Vol. XXVII, summer 2021, Nr 83 – 2/21, pp. 11–31, ISSN 1211-1635
10. Ecumenical Aspects of the Financing of Churches and Religious Communities in the Czech Republic. Ecumeny and Law, Katowice, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego, No. 6, 2018. Remaining United in Diversity, pp. 305–320, ISSN 2353-4877
11. Church Schools and Religious Instruction in the Czech and Slovak Republics. Philosophy and Canon Law, No. 4, 2018. Contemporary Challenges of Education: Values—Norms—Legislation, pp. 191–215. ISSN 2450-4955
12. Conscientious Objection in Current Czech Law. Ecumeny and Law, Katowice, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego, Nr 4: Welfare of the Child: Welfare of Family, Church, and Society, 2016, pp. 249–273, ISSN 2353-4877
13. Právní omezení v udělování svátosti smíření v CCEO a CIC [Legal Constraints on the Administration of the Sacrament of Reconciliation in CCEO and CIC]. Studia theologica, Olomouc. CMTF UP, winter 2016, vol. 18, Nr 4/2016, pp. 83–110, ISSN 1212-8570
14. Tschechische Besonderheiten in den Konkordatsverträgen. In: Sitarz, Mirosław – Stanisz, Piotr – Stawniak, Henryk (eds.). Reddite ergo, quae sunt Caesaris, Caesari et, quae sunt Dei, Deo. Księga jubileuszowa dedykowana Księdzu Profesorowi Józefu Krukowskiemu z okazji 50-lecia pracy naukowej (Prace Wydziału Nauk Prawnych 57) [Festschrift dedicated to Prof. Józef Krukowski on the occasion of 50 years of scientific work (Works of the Faculty of Law Sciences)]. Lublin: Towarzystwo Naukowe Katolickiego Uniwersytetu Lubelskiego Jana Pawła II, 2014. 935 pp. ISBN 978-83-7306-667-0; pp. 155–174
15. Das tschechische Gesetz über Eigentumsvergleich mit Kirchen und Religionsgemeinschaften aus dem Jahr 2012. Archiv für katholisches Kirchenrecht. Mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Länder deutscher Sprache, Paderborn: Ferdinand Schöning, 182. Band, Jahresgang 2013, pp. 161–200, ISSN 0003-9160
16. Mimořádné způsoby propuštění katolických duchovních z duchovního stavu na základě dokumentů Kongregace pro klérus z let 2009 a 2010 [Extraordinary Ways of Dismissal from the Clerical State in Virtue of Documents of the Congregation for Clergy from 2009 and 2010]. Revue církevního práva [Church Law Review], Praha. Společnost pro církevní právo [Church Law Society], Vol. XVIII, spring 2012, Nr 51 – 1/12, pp. 7–22, ISSN 1211-1635
17. The Situation of the Canonical Celebration of Marriage and of the Church Decisions upon Matrimony in the Post-Communist Countries in Europe Especially in the Concordat Agreements. In: Kowal, Janusz – Llobell, Joaquín (eds.) Iustitia et iudicium. Studi di diritto matrimoniale e processuale canonico in onore di Antoni Stankiewicz. 4 sv., in sum 2434 pp. (continues numbering in all four volumes). Città del Vaticano: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2010. ISBN 978-88-209-8351-2 (sv. I & II & III), 978-88-209-8352-9 (sv. IV); sv. IV, pp. 1033–1054
18. Communicatio in sacris w ustawodawstwie i praktyce Kościoła łacińskiego w Republice Czeskiej [Communicatio in sacris in the Legislation and Practice of the Latin Church in the Czech Republic]. In: Krukowski, Józef – Sitarz, Mirosław – Dziub, Krzysztof (eds.) Zagadnienia międzywyznaniowe w realizacji misji uświęcającej Kościoła [Ecumenical Relations in the Realization of the Service of Sanctification of the Church]. Lublin: Towarzystwo naukowe KUL, Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II. [Scientific Association of KUL, Lublin Catholic University of John Paul II], 2010. 220 pp. ISBN 978-83-7306-469-0, 873-83-7702-038-3; pp. 101–108
19. Mimořádná kanonická opatření pro pokračování řeholního života v letech 1948–1989 [Extraordinary Means for Continuation of the Religious Life in 1948 – 1989]. In: Mačala, Pavol – Marek, Pavel – Hanuš, Jiří (eds.). Církve 19. a 20. století v slovenské a české historiografii [Churches of the 19^th and 20^th Century in the Slovak and Czech Historiography]. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury [Centre for Democracy and Culture], 2010. 648 pp. ISBN 978-80-7325-218-2; pp. 573–594
20. Typologické zařazení smluv mezi Apoštolským stolcem na jedné straně a Slovenskou republikou (2000) a Českou republikou (2002) na straně druhé [Typology of Agreements between the Holy See on the One Hand and the Slovak Republic (2000) and the Czech Republic (2002) on the Other Hand]. Revue církevního práva [Church Law Review], Praha. Společnost pro církevní právo [Church Law Society], Vol. IX, spring 2003, Nr 24 – 1/03, pp. 17–26. ISSN 1211-1635
21. Papež jako patriarcha křesťanského Západu [The Pope as Patriarch of the Christian Occident]. Revue církevního práva, Vol. VI, autumn 2000, Nr 16 – 2/00. pp. 105 – 119. ISSN 1211-1635
22. Změny v kodexu kanonického práva. K apoštolskému listu Ad tuendam fidem [Changes in the CIC/1983 and in the CCEO. Towards the Apostolic Letter Ad tuendam fidem]. Teologické texty [Theological Texts], September 1998, Vol. 9, Nr 4, pp. 132–134. ISSN 0862-6944