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On the anti-liberal turn in the Czech politics
Jetmar, Jakub ; Barša, Pavel (advisor) ; Hesová, Zora (referee)
The second decade of the new millennium brings a political upheaval known as the "anti-liberal turn." Its proponents respond to the crisis of liberal globalisation and question liberal constitutionalism. This paper focuses on how the end of the long 1990s is manifesting itself in the Czech Republic, where the post- revolutionary consensus has long remained stable. This is no longer true. Instead of following the "backsliding paradigm", it draws on theories of post-democracy to try and reconstruct how different political discourses see the problem of the existing system, where they seek legitimacy, and how they work with post-revolutionary developments. The paper defines four political groups: liberal '89s, technocratic populists, new statists, and national conservatives.
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First Amendment to the US Constitution and the development of its interpretation
Jetmar, Jakub ; Seltenreich, Radim (advisor) ; Šouša, Jiří (referee)
As the title suggests, this thesis is about the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and about development of its interpretation from its inception to present day. Over the years, the interpretation of the First Amendment has drastically changed, causing a shift from restrictive views on free expression towards almost absolute freedom. Today, freedom of expression and religious freedom, both of which are included in the First Amendment, play a significant role in preserving democracy while strengthening its core pillars not only in the United States, but in other modern nations as well. The inclusion of the First Amendment into the world's oldest written constitution has influenced the concept of free expression and religious freedom in the laws of many foreign countries. According to some scholars, the current level of constitutional protection guaranteed for free expression in United States is too high and does not correlate with what the framers of the constitution had intended on upon drafting the First Amendment. However, it comes as no surprise that higher standards of protection from governmental intervention regarding guaranteed freedom in the First Amendment consequently results in the betterment of society. Throughout the text, I will aim to answer every major question...
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Corruption of Democratic System of ‚2nd Republic' and Radicalization of Political Conditions Presented on Case of National Unity Party and National Labour Party
Jetmar, Jakub ; Kocian, Jiří (advisor) ; Rak, Jiří (referee)
The thesis "Corruption of Democratic System of ‚2nd Republic' and Radicalization of Political Conditions Presented on Case of National Unity Party and National Labour Party" deals mainly with deformation of the parliamentary system, with growth of anti-Semitism, and generally even with an aimed destruction of democracy which had accompanied development of Czech political parties in so called Czech-Slovakia of that period. The introduction chapters are focusing to outline the political situation in the period having been succeeded The Munich Agreement. The following parts are focused on the changes that afflicted not only the interior structure of above mentioned political parties but led also to a decline or even to an entire denial of former ideas, inherent to the previous period of ‚1st Republic', of which these parties had been integral elements.Based on interpretation of both the contemporary and present day publications and periodicals, this thesis aims to be one of tributes revealing the period of ‚2nd Republic',which has not been frequently treated by Czech historiography. This thesis makes an effort to reply questions of these sorts, e.g.: Has that period influenced the historical memory of Czech people? Was that régime a product of a pressure of totalitarian great power, with regard to the...
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