Czech Law In Historical Contexts

Author : Kuklík, Jan
Publisher : Charles University in Prague, Karolinum Press
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Law
ISBN : 9788024628608

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Czech law in historical contexts by Kuklík, Jan Pdf

The legal system of the present-day Czech Republic would not be understood properly without sufficient knowledge of its historical roots and evolution. This book deals with the development of Czech law from its initial origins as a form of Slavic law to its current position, reflecting the influence of the legal systems of neighbouring countries and that of Roman law. The reader can see how a legal system originally based on custom developed into written and codified law. Czech law was fully dependent upon developments within the Luxemburg, Jagiellonian and, primarily, Habsburg monarchies, although some features remained autonomous. The 20th century is particularly important in the development of the Czech state and law of today, namely due to the establishment of an independent Czechoslovakia in 1918 and its split in 1992 giving rise to the independent identities of the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic. It was a century encompassing periods of democratic as well as totalitarian regimes; political, ideological, economic and social changes stemming from such transformations were projected into, and reflected in, the system of Czechoslovak and Czech law. It can therefore serve as a “case study” for researchers interested in the transition of democratic legal systems into totalitarian regimes, and vice versa.

Author : Jiří Rajmund Tretera,Záboj Horák
Publisher : Kluwer Law International B.V.
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2017-05-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789041187789

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Religion and Law in the Czech Republic by Jiří Rajmund Tretera,Záboj Horák Pdf

Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this convenient resource provides systematic information on how Czech republic deals with the role religion plays or can play in society, the legal status of religious communities and institutions, and the legal interaction among religion, culture, education, and media. After a general introduction describing the social and historical background, the book goes on to explain the legal framework in which religion is approached. Coverage proceeds from the principle of religious freedom through the rights and contractual obligations of religious communities; international, transnational, and regional law effects; and the legal parameters affecting the influence of religion in politics and public life. Also covered are legal positions on religion in such specific fields as church financing, labour and employment, and matrimonial and family law. A clear and comprehensive overview of relevant legislation and legal doctrine make the book an invaluable reference source and very useful guide. Succinct and practical, this book will prove to be of great value to practitioners in the myriad instances where a law-related religious interest arises in Czech republic. Academics and researchers will appreciate its value as a thorough but concise treatment of the legal aspects of diversity and multiculturalism in which religion plays such an important part.

Author : Michal Tomášek
Publisher : Karolinum Press, Charles University
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : International and municipal law
ISBN : 8024617854

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Czech Law by Michal Tomášek Pdf

In 2005 the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic granted to the Charles University Law Faculty funds to research developments in Czech law from the last twenty years. Their findings were compiled into a four-volume collection entitled New Phenomena in Law at the Beginning of the 21st Century. In Czech Law Between Europeanization and Globalization, editor Michal Tomásek features those selections from the original monograph that are most relevant to an international audience. Translated into English, the texts in this collection are divided into four sections: Historical Impulses for the Development of Law, Theoretical and Constitutional Impulses for the Development of Law, Transformation of Public Law, and Transformation of Private Law. Accompanying each section are extensive bibliographies to help those unfamiliar with the Czech legal system. A major contribution from many of the leading Czech legal scholars, Czech Law Between Europeanization and Globalization provides necessary background to all who study comparative, European, and international law.

Author : Marie Marečková
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8072015923

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Czech Legal & Constitutional History by Marie Marečková Pdf

Author : Richard L Abel,Ole Hammerslev,Hilary Sommerlad,Ulrike Schultz
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 975 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-02
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781509915156

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Lawyers in 21st-Century Societies by Richard L Abel,Ole Hammerslev,Hilary Sommerlad,Ulrike Schultz Pdf

The world's legal professions have undergone dramatic changes in the 30 years since publication of the landmark three-volume Lawyers in Society, which launched comparative sociological studies of lawyers. This is the first of two volumes in which scholars from a wide range of disciplines, countries and cultures document and analyse those changes. The present volume presents reports on 46 countries, with broad coverage of North America, Western Europe, Latin America, Asia, Australia, North Africa and the Middle East, sub-Saharan Africa, and former communist countries. These national reports address: the impact of globalisation and neoliberalism on national legal professions (the relationship of lawyers and their professional associations to the state and tensions between state and citizenship); changes in lawyer demography (rapidly growing numbers and the profession's efforts to retain control, the entry of women and obstacles to full gender equality, ethnic diversity); legal education (the proliferation of institutions and pedagogic innovation); the regulation of lawyers; structures of production (especially the growth of large firms and the impact of technology and paraprofessionals); the distribution of lawyers across roles; and access to justice (state-funded legal aid and pro-bono services). The juxtaposition of the reports reveals the dramatic transformations of professional rationales, labour markets, and working practices and the multiple contingencies of the role of lawyers in societies experiencing increasing juridification within a new geopolitical order.

Author : Allan J. Janssen,Leon Van den Broeke
Publisher : Summum Academic
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020-12-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789492701244

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A Collegial Bishop Revisited by Allan J. Janssen,Leon Van den Broeke Pdf

Author : Cosmin Cercel,Alexandra Mercescu,Mirosław Michał Sadowski
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2023-12-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781003812951

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Law, Culture and Identity in Central and Eastern Europe by Cosmin Cercel,Alexandra Mercescu,Mirosław Michał Sadowski Pdf

Mirosław Michał Sadowski is Lecturer at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland; Affiliated Researcher at the Centre for Global Studies, Alberta University in Lisbon, Portugal; Postdoctoral Researcher at CEBRAP – Brazilian Center of Analysis and Planning in São Paulo, Brazil; Research Assistant at the Institute of Legal Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, Poland.

Author : Kateřina Ronovská,Eva Dobrovolná,Bohumil Havel,Vlastimil Pihera
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9403527331

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Property and Trust Law in the Czech Republic by Kateřina Ronovská,Eva Dobrovolná,Bohumil Havel,Vlastimil Pihera Pdf

Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this practical analysis of the law of property in the Czech Republic deals with the issues related to rights and interests in all kinds of property and assets-immovable, movable, and personal property; how property rights are acquired; fiduciary mechanisms; and security considerations. Lawyers who handle transnational disputes and other matters concerning property will appreciate the explanation of specific terminology, application, and procedure. An introduction outlining the essential legal, cultural, and historical considerations affecting property is followed by a discussion of the various types of property. Further analysis describes how and to what extent legal subjects can have or obtain rights and interests in each type. The coverage includes tangible and intangible property, varying degrees of interest, and the various ways in which property is transferred, including the ramifications of appropriation, expropriation, and insolvency. Facts are presented in such a way that readers who are unfamiliar with specific terms and concepts in varying contexts will fully grasp their meaning and significance. The book includes ample references to doctrine and cases, as well as to relevant international treaties and conventions. Its succinct yet scholarly nature, as well as the practical quality of the information it provides, make this book a valuable time-saving tool for any practitioner faced with a property-related matter. Lawyers representing parties with interests in the Czech Republic will welcome this very useful guide, and academics and researchers will appreciate its value in the study of comparative property law.

Author : Jan Kuklík,René Petráš
Publisher : Charles University in Prague, Karolinum Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2017-05-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9788024635835

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Minorities and Law in Czechoslovakia, 1918–1992 by Jan Kuklík,René Petráš Pdf

Ethnic minority issues played an important role in the history of Czechoslovakia, from 1918, during World War II and in the years immediately following it. Czechoslovakia became a model for solving ethnic and minority problems and legal regulations had always played a key role in the status of minorities. This book, which deals with issues concerning ethnic and language minorities in Czechoslovakia from a long-term perspective, is primarily intended for foreign readers. In recent years, ethnic minority issues are once again becoming relevant in Europe and thorough knowledge of earlier problems and solutions may facilitate further examination of the current problems.

Author : Molly Pucci
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2020-01-01
Category : Europe, Eastern
ISBN : 9780300242577

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Security Empire by Molly Pucci Pdf

A compelling examination of the establishment of the secret police in Communist Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Eastern Germany ​This book examines the history of early secret police forces in Poland, Czechoslovakia, and East Germany in the aftermath of the Second World War. Molly Pucci delves into the ways their origins diverged from the original Soviet model based on differing interpretations of communism and local histories. She also illuminates the difference between veteran agents who fought in foreign wars and younger, more radical agents who combatted "enemies of communism" in the Stalinist terror in Eastern Europe.

Author : Michael J. Bazyler,Kathryn Lee Boyd,Kristen L. Nelson,Rajika L. Shah
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2018-12-11
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780190923082

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Searching for Justice After the Holocaust by Michael J. Bazyler,Kathryn Lee Boyd,Kristen L. Nelson,Rajika L. Shah Pdf

The Nazis and their state-sponsored cohorts stole mercilessly from the Jews of Europe. In the aftermath of the Holocaust, returning survivors had to navigate a frequently unclear path to recover their property from governments and neighbors who had failed to protect them and who often had been complicit in their persecution. While the return of Nazi-looted art has garnered the most media attention, and there have been well-publicized settlements involving stolen Swiss bank deposits and unpaid insurance policies, there is a larger piece of Holocaust injustice that has not been adequately dealt with: stolen land and buildings, much of which today still remain unrestituted. This book is about the less publicized area of post-Holocaust restitution involving immovable (real) property confiscated from European Jews and others during World War II. In 2009, 47 countries convened in Prague to deal with the lingering problem of restitution of pre-war private, communal and heirless property stolen in the Holocaust. The outcome was the issuance by 47 states of the Terezin Declaration on Holocaust Era Assets and Related Issues, which aimed, among other things, to "rectify the consequences" of the wrongful property seizures. This book sets forth the legal history of Holocaust immovable property restitution in each of the Terezin Declaration signatory states. It also analyses how each of the 47 countries has fulfilled the standards of the Guidelines and Best Practices of the Terezin Declaration, issued in 2010 in conjunction with the establishment of the European Shoah Legacy Institute (ESLI) to monitor compliance. The book is based on the Holocaust (Shoah) Immovable Property Restitution Study commissioned by ESLI, written by the authors and issued in Brussels in 2017 before the European Parliament.

Author : Jan Pichrt,Martin Štefko
Publisher : Kluwer Law International B.V.
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2022-11-20
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789403505169

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Labour Law in the Czech Republic by Jan Pichrt,Martin Štefko Pdf

Derived from the renowned multi-volume International Encyclopaedia of Laws, this monograph on the Czech Republic not only describes and analyses the legal aspects of labour relations, but also examines labour relations practices and developing trends. It provides a survey of the subject that is both usefully brief and sufficiently detailed to answer most questions likely to arise in any pertinent legal setting. Both individual and collective labour relations are covered in ample detail, with attention to such underlying and pervasive factors as employment contracts, suspension of the contracts, dismissal laws and covenant of non-competition, as well as international private law. The author describes all important details of the law governing hours and wages, benefits, intellectual property implications, trade union activity, employers’ associations, workers’ participation, collective bargaining, industrial disputes, and much more. Building on a clear overview of labour law and labour relations, the book offers practical guidance on which sound preliminary decisions may be based. It will find a ready readership among lawyers representing parties with interests in the Czech Republic, and academics and researchers will appreciate its value in the study of comparative trends in laws affecting labour and labour relations.

Author : Mikuláš Teich,Roy Porter
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1993-05-06
Category : History
ISBN : 0521367131

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The National Question in Europe in Historical Context by Mikuláš Teich,Roy Porter Pdf

The historical impact of national movements in Europe has been dramatic and continues to be an issue of major importance. Leading historians authoritatively discuss European nationalism in its historical context.

Author : Roman David
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018-03-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780812294989

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Communists and Their Victims by Roman David Pdf

In Communists and Their Victims, Roman David identifies and examines four classes of justice measures—retributive, reparatory, revelatory, and reconciliatory—to discover which, if any, rectified the legacy of human rights abuses committed during the communist era in the Czech Republic. Conducting interviews, focus groups, and nationwide surveys between 1999 and 2015, David looks at the impact of financial compensation and truth-sharing on victims' healing and examines the role of retribution in the behavior and attitudes of communists and their families. Emphasizing the narratives of former political prisoners, secret collaborators, and former Communist Party members, David tests the potential of justice measures to contribute to a shared sense of justice and their ability to overcome the class structure and ideological divides of a formerly communist regime. Complementing his original research with analysis of legal judgments, governmental reports, and historical records, David finds that some justice measures were effective in overcoming material and ideological divides while others obstructed victims' healing and inhibited the transformation of communists. Identifying "justice without reconciliation" as the primary factor hampering the process of overcoming the past in the Czech Republic, Communists and Their Victims promotes a transformative theory of justice that demonstrates that justice measures, in order to be successful, require a degree of reconciliation.

Author : Helen O'Nions
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317095651

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Minority Rights Protection in International Law by Helen O'Nions Pdf

There are approximately ten million Roma in Europe, making them the continent’s largest non-territorial minority. Despite this fact, the Roma continue to experience routine discrimination and marginalization in European countries. As a result they are seldom engaged in national political activism and are frequently at the bottom of the economic and social ladder. The severity of exclusion experienced by the Roma in societies which have long paid heed to the notion of individual, universal human rights - combined with their geographical dispersal and heterogeneous nature - makes the study of the Roma highly informative. This book examines the theoretical debate concerning the most appropriate way of protecting the fundamental human rights of the Roma, which also illuminates ways in which the rights of minority groups can be protected more generally. As a result, this work will be a valuable resource for social scientists and practitioners in the field of human rights.