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Does judicial activism endanger the constitutional order of the CR?
Bartonička, Jan ; Hřebejk, Jiří (advisor) ; Hofmannová, Helena (referee)
It is often accentuated - not only by legal scholars, but also by political scientists - that law, politics, and society in the modern West have been marked by the increasing power of the judge. Therefore in my thesis I have decided to describe the current problems in the constitutional judiciary, including the issue of the so-called goverment of judges (or judicial tyranny) and the role of constitutional courts and judges in modern society. Needless to say, my work is based on extensive use of the fundamental book "Constitutional Courts and Democratic Values: A European Perspective" written by Victor Ferreres Comella, which provides the most detailed analytic description of the centralized model of constitutional review currently available. My thesis consists of an introduction, four chapters and a final conclusion. In the first chapter, the history of Czechoslovak and Czech constitutional judiciary is described from the beginning in the 1920s to the birth of the Czech Republic in the 1990s. In the second part of my thesis, the models of constitutional judiciary in contemporary world in brief are dealt with. French, American and German model are characterized and the specific way in which they function is investigated. In the third chapter I focus on the so-called problem of judical republic,...
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Does judicial activism endanger the constitutional order of the CR?
Bartonička, Jan ; Hřebejk, Jiří (advisor) ; Hofmannová, Helena (referee)
It is often accentuated - not only by legal scholars, but also by political scientists - that law, politics, and society in the modern West have been marked by the increasing power of the judge. Therefore in my thesis I have decided to describe the current problems in the constitutional judiciary, including the issue of the so-called goverment of judges (or judicial tyranny) and the role of constitutional courts and judges in modern society. Needless to say, my work is based on extensive use of the fundamental book "Constitutional Courts and Democratic Values: A European Perspective" written by Victor Ferreres Comella, which provides the most detailed analytic description of the centralized model of constitutional review currently available. My thesis consists of an introduction, four chapters and a final conclusion. In the first chapter, the history of Czechoslovak and Czech constitutional judiciary is described from the beginning in the 1920s to the birth of the Czech Republic in the 1990s. In the second part of my thesis, the models of constitutional judiciary in contemporary world in brief are dealt with. French, American and German model are characterized and the specific way in which they function is investigated. In the third chapter I focus on the so-called problem of judical republic,...
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Czechoslovak transition to democracy from constitutional view
Bartonička, Jan ; Bureš, Jan (advisor) ; Koubek, Jiří (referee)
This thesis concentrates on the first phase of the Czechoslovak transition to democracy (1989-1990). It tries to describe the most important changes in the country's constitution which took place in this famous eventful period of Czechoslovak history. It starts with the description of the character of the communist state and law. After that, it takes closer look at the country's modern constitutional history. In the second part of the thesis, it is dealt with the evolvement of the Czechoslovak constitution after the fall of the communist regime. It tries to sketch the transformation of the parliament, government and presidency. Then, I represent the lustration laws and other problems connected with facing the country's past. My thesis ends with some notes on the most interesting findings.
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