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Law and the Human Body : Bodily Autonomy of Queer People
Arendacká, Lucie ; Agha, Petr (advisor) ; Kosek, Jan (referee)
Law and the Human Body: Bodily Autonomy of Queer People Abstract Alongside the positive shift in the perception of LGBT+ people, a conservative wave in the form of the antigender movement is also rising. It advocates against bodily autonomy and reproductive rights of queer people, as well as those of women. It also calls for a return to 'traditional' values and regarding the nuclear family and heterosexuality as superior. The local context has not been spared of such a movement. This thesis aims to critically analyse how and to what extent bodily autonomy of queer people is currently being achieved, and how it is affected by the construction of legal sex/gender. The first part focuses on feminist and queer theory with an emphasis on the role of queer theory within theory of law. This serves as a theoretical basis for analysing the state of bodily autonomy of queer people and its reflection in the law. A section on the concepts of social construction of sex/gender as well as the related trans and intersex categories is also included. Lastly, I address the current political opposition to bodily autonomy of queer people. In the second part, I discuss both legal and practical issues concerning queer corporeality and autonomy in the context of sex/gender, with a main focus on the legal reflection of trans and...
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Gender and Law
Jará, Nikola ; Agha, Petr (advisor) ; Kosek, Jan (referee)
Gender equality, which encompasses the equal treatment of women and men, is a contemporary issue that concerns us all. Unfortunately, it does not receive adequate attention in the legal framework of the Czech Republic. The legal regulations governing equality and equal opportunities remain insufficient, and the Czech Republic lags behind other European countries in this regard. There is a notable lack of interest and concrete efforts to address gender inequality within Czech society. In theory, women, like men, are granted civil and political rights under the law, including the right to equal pay for equal work. However, in practice, significant disparities persist, especially in the labor market and decision-making processes. One way to promote equality in society is through affirmative action. This thesis delves into the theoretical concepts related to gender equality, discrimination, and affirmative action. It also conducts an analysis of existing equality legislation and the state's gender policies. Additionally, the thesis examines key areas where women face disadvantages and discrimination. It takes into account the social factors contributing to persistent inequality, the influence of gender segregation and stereotypes, and the unequal position of women in public life. The objective of this...
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The limits of humanity. Robots are getting dangerously close to humans, while you tend not to consider various groups of people as (fully) human.
Slavík, Vratislav ; Agha, Petr (advisor) ; Kosek, Jan (referee)
The limits of humanity. Robots are getting dangerously close to humans, while you tend not to consider various groups of people as (fully) human. Abstract Recent years have seen a significant shift in the legal debate on artificial intelligence. The moment the European Commission presented its proposal for an AI law, the initial issues, such as whether artificial intelligence should have legal personality, the liability of autonomous vehicles, or in which legal professions we can expect AI to replace humans, ceased to dominate. This, after years of public consultation and deliberation, is a legal framework for the comprehensive regulation of artificial intelligence. The paper moves from presenting the conceptual context of the debate on regulating artificial intelligence, through the theoretical debate on defining artificial intelligence, to the AI Act. After a brief summary of the origins, context and main features of future regulation, the paper discusses the risk classification model on which future AI regulation is to be based. The thesis describes all of the risk categories covered by the AI Act. The work proceeds from the top of the risk pyramid, which includes AI systems that pose an unacceptable risk, to the level of AI systems that pose only a minimal risk and remain unregulated from the...
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Psychological Aspects affecting Judges ' Desicion making with a Focus on Civil Procedure
Olšovská, Sarah ; Kosek, Jan (advisor) ; Friedel, Tomáš (referee)
Psychological Aspects Affecting Judges' Decision Making with a Focus on Civil Procedure The diploma thesis examines the impact of cognitive biases as psychological aspects influencing judicial decision-making and their implications for justice in the legal system. The thesis delves into the intersection of psychology and law, with the central idea being the hypothesis that a judge cannot be just or impartial if his or her decision-making is contaminated by cognitive biases. The focus is on the dissection of the legal conditions that a candidate for judicial office must meet in order to be appointed to that office since the selection of a suitable judge is critical to the fulfilment of the right to a fair trial. The thesis highlights the demandingness of holding the judgeship itself. Then examines the legal and procedural principles that guide judicial decision- making, explaining and emphasizing the importance of understanding the role of the judge in the judicial process. The diploma thesis then dives into the field of cognitive psychology and presents a Kahneman- Frederick model (dual system) dividing the human mind into System 1 and System 2, through which the cognitive biases influencing judicial decision-making can be explained. They are often rooted in intuition, which leads to the...
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Studium dynamiky živých lidských buněk v odezvě na běžné kontaminanty vod s cílem vývoje citlivého specifického analytického postupu
KOŠEK, Jan
The bachelor thesis is devoted to testing the toxicity of chemical substances. In the current chemical and pharmaceutical industry, thousands of new substances are produced annually, which brings about the need to ensure sufficient consumer safety and environmental protection. In vitro testing is becoming an increasingly important research tool in this issue. This work verifies the theoretical foundations and proposes an algorithm developed by Lonhus et al. from the Laboratory of experimental complex systems in Nové Hrady and its possible future applications in in vitro testing. This new approach uses the principles of microrheology and tracks Speed-Up Robust Features (SURF) in a digital image and converts them into vectors of trajectories of intracellular mass particles. Microrheology is a relatively new field of research in life sciences and deals with the study of flow and deformation of materials at the microscopic level. The algorithm separates two main components of the movements inside the cells: direct movement of organelles as larger particles and random Brownian motion. The advantage of this method is its potential of easy use and sensitivity. The method makes it possible to obtain important primary information about the effect of chemical substances on cell cultures.
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(Not) equality between women and men in the legal system of the Czech Republic
Zděnek, Jiří ; Kosek, Jan (advisor) ; Chmel, Jan (referee)
v anglickém jazyce This thesis critically examines the current state of gender inequality in the Czech Republic with a focus on work, family life, and politics. The main objective is to identify the causes and consequences of these inequalities, and to evaluate whether and to what extent they are due to natural differences between men and women or to the influence of social constructs. Additionally, the role of law in relation to the redress of gender inequality is explored. The theoretical part of the thesis provides an overview of key concepts and theories related to gender equality and inequality, as well as a discussion of the development of gender equality legislation within international, European, and national law. In the empirical part of the thesis, a comprehensive analysis of various sources, including statistical data and opinion polls, is conducted to provide detailed insights into gender inequality in the Czech Republic. This analysis covers multiple areas, including income disparities, childcare responsibilities, political representation, and vertical and horizontal segregation. Furthermore, the thesis examines the social and cultural factors that significantly influence gender equality, which often fall outside the purview of legal frameworks.
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Jewish Law
Půlpánová, Klára ; Kosek, Jan (advisor) ; Agha, Petr (referee)
Jewish Law Abstract The diploma thesis presents the Jewish law as a juridical system. In the first part it introduces the reader to the concept of halakhah and its content. Then it places the development of the Jewish law in historical context, introducing its evolution from a historical and critical perspective as well as from a traditional halakhic perspective. The thesis divides the Jewish law into biblical and rabbinic law and also captures and further discusses the various characteristics of the Jewish law, which are multivalence, the absence of centralization, the diversity of opinions of halakhic savants and ritual law as a ubiquitous part of legal norms. It also describes the sources of halakhah and presents a selection of the most important literary sources of the Jewish law, together with a brief account of their historical development. One chapter of the thesis is also devoted to rabbinic hermeneutics. The thesis introduces three concepts of hermeneutical rules called midot. The first one is the seven rules of Hillel, the second one are the thirteen rules of Rabbi Yishmael, and the third concept is the thirty-two rules of Rabbi Eliezer. The thesis demonstrates by examples the application of these rules in the exegesis of biblical legal norms, and thereby also illustrates the concept of the Jewish...
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The Roma (Gypsi) Holocaust
Wilde, Boris ; Kosek, Jan (advisor) ; Agha, Petr (referee)
The central theme of this thesis is the Roma Holocaust. Through the historical realities the Roma Holocaust is placed in a legal but also a wider sociological context. The individual stages in the development of the legal status of the Roma minority from approximately the thirteenth century form the internal division of the first mainly historical part of the work. The aim of this part is to point out the causes that to a certain extent determined the investigated events during the Second World War, but also the post-war development and the current status quo. The second part of the work directly analyzes the Roma Holocaust, while the emphasis is on the development in Nazi Germany but also on the development in the individual successor state units of the first Czechoslovak Republic. The differences in the state policy towards the Roma minority during the Second World War, which led to various consequences, are illustrated on the mentioned state units. The third and last part of the thesis is devoted to the development after the Second World War and its purpose is to point out the process of reflecting on the Roma Holocaust and the significance of this process for post-war society, both within the united Czechoslovakia and the independent Czech Republic. Emphasis is mainly on the question of how...
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Professional ethics of judges in the Czech Republic
Friedel, Tomáš ; Kysela, Jan (advisor) ; Kosek, Jan (referee)
The purpose of this Master degree thesis is to introduce reader the professional ethics issues of judges in the Czech Republic. The thesis is composed of four chapters. The inner system of thesis was designed in a way that guarantees that level of abstraction falls as the thesis progress continues. In chapter one, there are explained the most abstract terms connected with professional ethics in general as a morality, ethics and law. There is also recognizable attempt to find relationship between mentioned terms. Second chapter, as a whole, is devoted to idea of profession and professional ethics. Text is focused on possible modification of relationship between ethics and professional ethics and it also refers about differences between profession and occupation. Last but not least there are as examples of professional ethics mentioned two "non-judges" professional ethics. In chapter three is described a fact the most regulation of judges conduct in Czech Republic is set down in positive law mainly. In addition of that, in chapter three there is mentioned attempt of judges self regulation in issues of professional ethics, which was realized by independent Czech judge's organization Judges Union of Czech Republic. Scope of the last chapter is used for utilization of knowledge contained in antecedent chapters....
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Social and psychological grounds for, and legalization of the holocaust
Paleček, Lukáš ; Kosek, Jan (advisor) ; Mucha, Ivan (referee)
Title of the thesis: Social-Psychological Causes and the Legalization of the Holocaust Summary: Although the Holocaust (a word for suffering of millions of individual people of vastness that stretches beyond our imagination) is a rather distressing topic I chose to carry out this re- search for two reasons, which prevailed. First, the experience shows that extreme situations reveal many latent features of human psyche - studying them is tempting. Second, the Holo- caust is a morally and politically important and still topical theme because not forgetting evil is a manner of its prevention. The purpose of my thesis is to present (and emphasise) the idea that the tragedy of the Holo- caust did not merely have causes, which can be described as political or economic (or exclu- sively psychiatric - which is perhaps the most dangerous simplification), but that a significant part of what happened is explainable from the point of view of social psychology. The second of the main goals of the thesis is to analyse anti-Semitic law (and very briefly also anti- Gypsies law) of the war Slovak state. To integrate researches in the two aforementioned scientific disciplines (social psychology and legal history) in a coherent unit I chose to use the Czech penal law's concept of elements of crime. There are four basic...
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