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United States Supreme Court case law on campaign finance
Vagenknecht, Milan Kristian ; Antoš, Marek (advisor) ; Jirásková, Věra (referee)
United States Supreme Court case law on campaign finance The diploma thesis deals with the development of US Supreme Court case law on the issue of electoral campaign finance while paying special attention to the question of the constitutionality of expenditure and contribution limits. Its main goal is to provide a comprehensive analysis of these cases to demonstrate how regulation of campaign finance works there, which is considerably different from systems found not only in the Czech Republic but also in Europe. At the same time, the author focuses primarily on providing insight into the more recent part of American case law, which has significantly loosened the whole regulatory system, especially regarding the financial participation of legal entities in electoral campaigns. The author divides the work into four parts. In the first part, the reader is introduced to the basic institutes and concepts that relate to the American campaign finance law and then compares them with their Czech counterparts in order to facilitate the understanding of the following three parts, which already cover the concrete cases. In particular, it analyzes various concepts of corruption. This part also deals with de lege ferenda issues, i.e., the effectiveness of the financial limits imposed on candidates that run for...
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The concept and types of public procurement contracts
Juřica, Jakub ; Plíva, Stanislav (advisor) ; Horáček, Tomáš (referee)
The concept and types of public procurement contracts The title of the thesis is "The concept and types of public procurement contracts". The thesis is based on current legislation of public procurement law (Act No. 137/2006 Coll., on Public Contracts), which is heavily influenced by European Union legislation. The basic purpose of public procurement law is to regulate the effective distribution of public funds. The basic aim of this thesis is an analysis and evaluation of some basic legal institutes of public procurement law. The thesis is divided into four chapters: The first chapter can be considered as an introduction. This chapter is divided into three parts. The first part includes a short definition of the law on public procurement. Public procurement law is divided into two main areas (1. awarding public contracts; 2. revision of the awarding process). Finally, this part describes the position of public procurement law in the Czech legal system. Part Two deals with the legal sources of this type of law (national, international, European Union) and its development on the national level. In the third part are defined the basic principles of procurement law: principle of transparency, principle of equal treatment and non-discrimination principle. The second chapter is divided into two parts....
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