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The musicians in Czech aristocratic courts in the 16th and the beginning of 17th century
Matyášová, Josefína ; Šedivá Koldinská, Marie (advisor) ; Holý, Martin (referee)
The aim of the thesis is to describe a few aspects of aristocratic music groups and professional musician's lives in the 16th and the beginning of 17th century in Czech lands. It deals with their position in a society (which often depended on current employment), criminality and a regime, set by legal rules. Moreover, it focuses on the possibilities of period musical education and on the difference between conception of music as a science and as a pleisure of senses. It seems to be really topical in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times too and may have influenced activities of patrons. A part of the thesis investigates national and financial situation in musical groups and their role within special organism of aristocratic courts. Finally, it copes with unclear related terminology.
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Defense in football, its variants and methods of training
Běhounek, Jakub ; Pokorný, Ladislav (advisor) ; Engelthalerová, Zdeňka (referee)
The work is focused on the defence phase in football. It gives an overview of the football in terms of composition and functioning of defensive teams operating at different levels. The work was created owing to studying the theoretical resources as well as thanks to the research performed between football players and the consultation with the football coach. The first part contains the basic rules of the game and familiarization with those requirements for individual football skills. Consequently, there are described the possibilities of the involvement of individuals to the football defensive combination, which the work develops in details. The practical part analyses the level of defence skills for teams in the Czech Republic and presents tips for their training. The processed findings should be recommended as useful information for inexperienced football coaches at different performance levels.
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Campaign Finance in the U.S. : McCain-Feingold Reform
Vydra, Pavel ; Sehnálková, Jana (advisor) ; Calda, Miloš (referee)
The United States has a long history of political campaigns. The Bipartizan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, also known as McCain-Feingold, was the last attempt to regulate the campaign finance. Being enacted in order to cover the loopholes that occurred in the Federal Election Campaign Act, this act banned the "soft money", it modified the rules for the pre- electional broadcasting, and it brought special restrictions for self-financing candidates. These changes succeeded to be enacted by both chambers of Congress, were signed by the President and upheld by the Supreme Court in the McConnell v. FEC landmark decision. However, the impact of the reform didn't quite meet the expectations of its supporters.
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Institutional framework and development in selected emerging markets
Khamet, Khafiz ; Kouba, Karel (advisor) ; Benáček, Vladimír (referee)
Master thesis analyses the institutional framework in twelve transition economies (Baltic republics, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the Slovak Republic as new EU member states, plus Belarus, Russian Federation and Ukraine) on the Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) data from 1998 to 2008. The results show good position of new EU member states (except for Bulgaria and Romania) in four indicators, namely Voice and Accountability, Political Stability, Government Effectiveness and Regulatory Quality. In our terminology, it can be viewed as completed second stage of transition. On the other side, all countries have insufficient position in case of Rule of Law and Control of Corruption indicators, or in other words still ongoing third stage of transition. Panel data analysis suggests similar conclusions, moreover the relevance of institutional quality on economic growth become less significant over time, which can be translated as overall quality of institutional framework become sufficiently high for properly working market economy. However, our analysis shows the stagnation of institutional framework in all countries, where over last decade only little improvement was made and business environment in the Czech Republic, Poland, Russian Federation and Ukraine is very rigid mainly...
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Personal income taxation in the United States of America on federal and state level
Spáčilová, Ivana ; Boháč, Radim (advisor) ; Kohajda, Michael (referee)
Personal Income Taxation in the United States of America on Federal and State Level The main aim of this thesis is to show the complexity of personal income taxation in the United States of America, by explaining the system of taxation and the main changes of the personal income taxation for the last ten years, under the influence of Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act, which was passed in year 2001. The system of this work is divided into four main parts. The role of the first part is to show the history of the taxation which led to the today's personal income taxation system, followed by second part with the explanation of system of the personal income tax of individuals, shown in details with the differentiated statuses of subjects, deductions, progressive tax brackets and tax credit for the taxpayers. The third part shortly describes personal income taxation system in the state of Maryland to show a different layer of the taxation system with its rules. The fourth part reflects the changes of the tax system in the last decade, which were brought by EGTRRA, with its affects on various groups of taxpayers and the effect on the economy of the country. These four parts together should create a picture of the system and its functioning of the personal income taxation in the United States of America.
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Social business in agriculture and its impact on region development
Fialova, Karolina ; Skalický, Milan (advisor)
The aim of the thesis is to introduce the concept of social entrepreneurship in agriculture and its impact on regional development, focus on objectives, rules and support of operation in this field, with special focus on regions where the organizations and associations that are engaged in this activity operates.
The real data were collected using a questionnaire survey and structured interviews in the various organizations that resulted in evaluation of general understanding of activities in this field.
The major result of the thesis is to get more information about job content of the organizations that are engaged in the social business in agriculture and demonstrate its value and potential for the future.
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Transposition and Implementation of selected Provisions of EU Legislation on Value Added Tax in the Czech Law
Houdek, Leoš ; Hajdíková, Taťána (advisor) ; Paikert, Ota (referee)
This thesis contains analysis of selected provisions of the European and Czech legislation on value added tax, with attention to a specific role of invoices in VAT mechanism. The purpose of this thesis is an evaluation of the quality of transposition and implementation of the European law to the Czech legislation and analysis of selected rules and their effect on economic practice. The outcome of this thesis is a proposal of specific amendments to analyzed provisions of both European and Czech VAT law in order to secure businesses' burdens reduction and effective tax collection.
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Tax issues of ownership and transfer of real property with special regard to ownership of flats
Kadlecová, Miluše ; Vondráčková, Pavlína (advisor) ; Novotný, Petr (referee)
The aim of this Master's degree thesis on the subject of "Tax issues of ownership and transfer of real property with special regard to ownership of flats" is to describe compactly the taxation related to the ownership and transfer of real property. Concentrating on the ownership and transfer of flats is in the environment of the Czech Republic well justified considering the large number of blocks of flats and the general drift of their development. The taxation related to property affects a multitude of people and this was the reason I chose this subject matter. The thesis is divided into two parts. The first part defines the basic terms, such as real estate property, land, building and flat. This introductory part also contains a description of the main principles of ownership and the means of acquiring the proprietary right. The main emphasis is placed on the acquirement of proprietary right to the real estate property which has its specialties. The final chapter of this part characterizes the ownership of flats and the main rules of this property variation. The second part of my thesis deals with the analysis of the current taxation system in the Czech Republic. All taxes affecting the possession and transfer of real property are described in the main body of my thesis. Real estate property tax,...
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The potential of private enforcement of competition law in the Czech Republic and the Federal Republic of Germany
Bilinská, Iva ; Černá, Stanislava (advisor) ; Zahradníčková, Marie (referee)
Possibilities of private enforcement in the Czech Republic and in Germany Summary The purpose of my thesis is to analyse the possibilities of private enforcement of competition law in the Czech Republic and in Germany. The reason for my research is to detect differences of the relevant legislation and to find potential inspiration for an amendment of Czech competition law. The thesis compares legal basis for private enforcement in the Czech Republic and in Germany in connection with the current developments in the European Union. The thesis is composed of eight chapters. Chapter One is introductory and chapter Two highlights main literature on the topic. Chapter Three defines basic terminology used in the thesis: competition law, private enforcement and development of private enforcement in the EU. Chapter four examines relevant legislation which forms legal basis for private enforcement and for damages actions for breach of the competition (antitrust) rules in both, the Czech Republic and in Germany. Chapter Five focuses on damages actions for breach of competition rules and it is the core of the paper. The chapter is subdivided into seven parts. Part One describes standing in general and standing of indirect purchasers and collective redress, part two analyzes conditions for liability, part three outlines...
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Development of press media of the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren in the period between 1968 and 1990 shown on the example of the magazine Český bratr
Čašková, Marie ; Gerbery, Juraj (referee) ; Köpplová, Barbara (advisor)
Diploma thesis "Development of press media of the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren in the period between 1968 and 1990 shown on the example of the magazine Český bratr" deals with changes of content of the Český bratr magazine during the mentioned period. The magazine is the most important printed periodical medium of the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren which is the largest non-catholic church in the Czech Republic. The diploma thesis introduces the Evangelical Church of Czech Brethren as the second largest church and the largest prostestant church in the Czech Republic, and besides describing its contemporary work in the Czech society it handles also its history. Further it deals with the history and development of the Český bratr magazine since its creation in 1924 till today. Also other printed media given out by this church are described, and also the space is mentioned that Czech media of public service devote to religious topics. History of the period 1968 - 1990 in Czechoslovakia is briefly described. The most important laws and rules are mentioned according to which media and churches were functioning at that time. For the research part, a simple content analysis was used to show the main themes that were present in the content of the Český bratr magazine and how they were changing during...
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