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Distinction between the Civil Law and Anglo-Saxon Systems of Legal Culture and a Tendency towards their Convergence
Nop, Michal ; Gerloch, Aleš (advisor) ; Maršálek, Pavel (referee) ; Večeřa, Miloš (referee)
1 Abstract Distinction between the Civil Law and Anglo-Saxon Systems of Legal Culture and a Tendency towards their Convergence In the presented dissertation, it is assessed whether it is still relevant to consider the Anglo- Saxon and civil law types of legal culture as two specific, different socio-cultural systems. Therefore, the paper is focused on the comparison of the Anglo-Saxon and civil law types of legal cultures. In the work, it is hypothesized that in the Anglo-Saxon and civil law cultures, there is a long-term tendency to converge. The work seeks to find key factors that affect the relationship between the observed legal cultures. The fundamental method of this paper is the comparative method in its sociological form. Typically, the multilateral comparative approach is employed. The historical comparison also has its place herein. The sociological conception is connected with the consideration of dominant currents of thought in both types of legal culture. The different way of writing court decisions or different methods of interpreting legal regulations are also reflected. The dissertation examines the issue of scientific comparison and its possibilities, the essence of legal cultures, methodological approach and historical changes in the civil law and Anglo-Saxon types of legal culture. The...
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Free law-finding (causes and consequences)
Henčeková, Slavomíra ; Gerloch, Aleš (advisor) ; Maršálek, Pavel (referee) ; Bröstl, Alexander (referee)
Free law-finding (causes and consequences) Abstract This dissertation deals with the phenomenon of free law-finding and analyses its causes and consequences. The introduction outlines the aim of the dissertation, reasons for choosing this topic, the current state of research, especially in the Czech-Slovak legal environment, methodology and also briefly the issue of causality in general. The main part of the dissertation is divided in two parts. The first part contains description and analysis of the German Free Law Movement (Freirechtsschule) from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries led by the German legal scholar Hermann Kantorowicz and his manifesto The Battle for Legal Science (Der Kampf um die Rechtswissenschaft), which formed the theoretical basis of the Free Law Movement and, thus, also of this dissertation. In this part, the lives and works of the main representatives of the Free Law Movement are discussed (Hermann Kantorowicz, Ernst Fuchs, Eugen Ehrlich), but also some others are mentioned including Gustav Radbruch. At the end of the first part, the analysis of the free law in the theory of the Free Law Movement is provided, as well es of the causes and consequences which have led to the emergence and existence of the Free Law Movement; finally, the analysis of the consequences of the Free Law...
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Democratic State Governed by Law: Ideal and Reality
Hruška, Petr ; Gerloch, Aleš (advisor) ; Tryzna, Jan (referee)
The diploma thesis deals mainly with four topics - the rule of law, democracy, the democratic state governed by the rule of law and its real form in the Czech Republic during the global pandemic of COVID-19. The development of the rule of law, democracy and the democratic state governed by the rule of law continues and is influenced by the challenges that arise over time. The original formal conception of the rule of law was focused primarily on the observance of the rule of law, while the material conception already takes into account certain value aspects and fundamental human rights. Today's form of democracy differs significantly from its original ancient Greek definition. It was originally intended to be applied to small homogeneous units in which individuals would participate in voting on all important matters. Over time, however, it began to apply to large nation states, which required the adoption of the institute of council. A democratic state governed by the rule of law is a concept based on the dynamic balancing of the components between which a certain tension may arise. Its ideal is fulfilled by a situation where its individual aspects are continually improved in the most balanced way possible. All these the above-mentioned institutes have been affected by the global pandemic of...
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Relationship Between Private and Public Law: Past and Present
Šafránková, Anna ; Gerloch, Aleš (advisor) ; Harvánek, Jaromír (referee) ; Beran, Karel (referee)
Relationship Between Private and Public Law: Past and Present Abstract This dissertation addresses the dualism of private and public law from Roman times to the present. It focuses on developments in the content of these concepts in a historical context. The dissertation examines primary sources from Roman law and highlights the significant difference between the distinction between private and public law in Roman law and later misinterpretations of the same. Particular attention is paid to the approach legal science takes to private and public law through the various phases of reception of Roman law, noting the political circumstances that led to the use of the dual concepts of ius publicum and ius privatum from Roman law as well as the change in content of those concepts. The dissertation compares the main differences between modern society and the earlier social system, especially with reference to the socio-legal structure of relationships. It describes the modern ideological sources of values on which modern society is based and traces the ways these values are reflected in modern legal systems. Constitutionalism, emphasis on the legal code as the written source of law, the concept of natural rights, and the concept of the legal state (Rechtsstaat) all made their mark on private and public law in...
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The Political Character of Constitutional Review
Juhás, Juraj ; Gerloch, Aleš (advisor) ; Kosař, David (referee) ; Kühn, Zdeněk (referee)
in the English language: The Political Character of Constitutional Review. In this thesis, we tried to find out whether constitutional review in the Czech Republic has at least partially a political character. In the Czech Republic, constitutional review is exercised by the Constitutional Court in two types of proceedings: (a) proceedings on derogation of statutes and other regulations (laws) and (b) proceedings on constitutional complaints against decisions or other interferences of public authorities in constitutionally guaranteed fundamental rights or freedoms. In proceedings on derogation of laws, we found that judicial decision-making behaviour has at least partially a political character. The reason is, in particular, that (a) judges decide in favour of proposals for derogation of laws filed by legislators (deputies or senators) of the same political affiliation as the judges' appointing president more often than when the legislator's political affiliation is the opposite; (b) ideological assessment of the analysed decisions shows that ideological aspects of the decision-making of judges significantly correlate with the presumed ideology of their appointing president. Moreover, the differences in judicial activism are smaller than the differences between legislators of opposite political...
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The Relation between Justice and the State and its transformation in present times
Koloušek, Martin ; Gerloch, Aleš (advisor) ; Večeřa, Miloš (referee) ; Bárány, Eduard (referee)
The Relation between Justice and the State and its transformation in present times Abstract This thesis deals with the relation between justice and the state. The concept of justice is discussed and examined since the beginnings of philosophy of law, yet its content is not conclusively defined. There is no satisfactory answer to the question what is just. The concept of the state is, despite its complicated development, more settled. Interestingly enough, the relation between both concepts were discussed almost as often and as thoroughly, as both concepts separately - especially in the context of the question of whether and what state is just. This thesis examines both of those concepts and puts them in a connection - it shows, that the relation between justice and a state is necessary. The starting points of this claim are - apart from the analysis of historical opinions on both concepts - the idea of Hans Kelsen, that absolute justice is inaccessible to human knowledge and thus we have to settle for relative justice, and the thesis of G. W. F. Hegel, according to whom that, what is real, is reasonable, and that what is reasonable is real. Based on this thesis, a new thesis is defined: that what is real, is just. This is a concept of relative justice - justice is dependent on a particular time and space,...
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Legislative Quality Assurance Toolbox in the context of the Czech Republic
Říha, Michal ; Gerloch, Aleš (advisor) ; Antoš, Marek (referee)
Legislative Quality Assurance Toolbox in the context of the Czech Republic Michal Riha Abstract The aim of the rigorosum thesis is to describe and evaluate the tools used for the control of legislation quality ("legislative toolbox") at both the parliamentary and pre-parliamentary stage of the legislative process. The main focus is on the situation in the Czech Republic, although the tools used in other jurisdictions are introduced in order to encourage potential discussion regarding an expansion of the Czech legislative toolbox. The toolbox is shown on the background of the principles of proper law making - for example a sceptic lawmaker approach employed with the aim of securing a stable legal environment. This method helps us better understand the potential conflicts between certain legislative principles; one example can be a clash between the legislative needs and the quality control tool when, for example, a required legislative solution might be slowed down by repeated debates within the Legislative Council due to theoretical marginalities. This example indicates a conflict between the principle of sound legislation and the need for reasonable speed of the legislative process. The author also considers the influence of EU law, which is not usually taken into account, despite the European Union law...
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DEVELOPMENT OF THE INSTITUTION OF STATE CITIZENSHIP IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC AND THE CONTEMPORARY SITUATION
Hřebejk, Jiří ; Gerloch, Aleš (advisor) ; Hofmannová, Helena (referee) ; Svatoň, Jan (referee)
The thesis entitled "Development of the Institution of State Citizenship in the Czech Republic and the Contemporary Situation" deals with the theoretical concept of the institute of citizenship, the content of the term, the historic origins of the archetype of modern citizenship in the ancient world and in the territory of the present Czech Republic, its stipulation in private law regulations, and its gradual transformation into a public institute. The thesis is a genesis of the constitutional and legal regulation in Czechoslovakia between 1918 to 1992, in the Czech Republic as the subject of the Czechoslovak Federation between 1969 and 1992, and in the autonomous Czech Republic from 1993 to the present. The thesis also refers to the international conventional regulation of the institute of citizenship, which is the expression of the sovereignty of a state, but multilateral international agreements between countries create a uniform platform of this institute, mainly within Europe. Court jurisdiction is also discussed, namely of the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic in relation to the content and interpretation of the institute of citizenship in the legislation of the Czech Republic.
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Regulation of the information transfer in selected political systems by comparing main characteristics of regulatory authorities
Starý, Vladislav ; Kuba, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Gerloch, Aleš (referee)
The thesis solves the modern state of media power across selected political systems. The main idea is how the control of media content and the authorities of regulators are established inside the legal conception. Also, the question is, whether such a system of regulation is currently sufficient and whether the situation has come into a state where the media ceased to function as a control element of democracy and took on a determinant and powerful role. The first part of the thesis is a theoretical one, in which the basic concepts and also the most important sources on which the research is based on are presented. The second part is a practical one and it presents the systems themselves including their main characteristics. The mechanism of control in each country is described in more detail, and the hypothesis is presented together with the procedure leading to its evaluation. The hypothesis is confirmed in the last part of the thesis and the results are compared using information from the analysis. The paper presents a discussion of the detected state of media power at the end and also offers possible ways and solutions.
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