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International law of succession focusing on European regulation
Chybová, Lucie ; Pfeiffer, Magdalena (advisor) ; Brodec, Jan (referee)
International succession law with emphasis on European legislation Abstract This thesis deals with legislation on cross-border succession with emphasis on Regulation (EU) No 650/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of decisions and acceptance and enforcement of authentic instruments in matters of succession and on the creation of a European Certificate of Succession (Succession Regulation). Firstly the thesis delimits the subject of international succession law and describes its legislative methods. Furthermore the thesis in closer detail deals with sources of international succession law and their mutual relationships, particularly the relationship between bilateral international treaties and the Succession Regulation. Consequently the diploma thesis define lex hereditatis (law applicable to succession) and borderline determinants typical for international succession law, namely a nationality, a last habitual residence and a location of immovable property. A core of this thesis is composed of chapters handling conflict of laws norms according to the Succession Regulation which determine an applicable law to succession and international private law institutes related to it which influence lex hereditatis, such as order...
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A Criterion of Habitual Residence in Private International Law
Pfeiffer, Magdalena ; Pauknerová, Monika (advisor) ; Dolanská Bányaiová, Lucie (referee) ; Zavadilová, Marta (referee)
This dissertation deals with one of the most significant concepts of contemporary private international law - the concept of habitual residence. The concept of habitual residence was introduced into the field of private international law within the context of the unification work of the Hague Conference of Private International Law in the interest of finding a compromise between the traditional connecting factors of domicile, dominant in the sphere of common law, and nationality, that is historically closely bound to continental legal systems. Thanks to the long and systematic unification work of the Hague Conference of Private International Law, the connecting factor of habitual residence has gained a permanent indisputable position in private international law. The concept of habitual residence has also forcefully made its way through into the rapidly developing sphere of European private international law. The European Union has followed in the footsteps of the Hague Conference of Private International Law: habitual residence is today the central, most frequently adopted connecting factor in the unified conflict-of-laws rules, that determine the applicable law, as well as in the rules that determine the jurisdiction of the forum. Building on the recent intense development in this field of...
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A Criterion of Habitual Residence in Private International Law
Pfeiffer, Magdalena ; Pauknerová, Monika (advisor) ; Dolanská Bányaiová, Lucie (referee) ; Zavadilová, Marta (referee)
This dissertation deals with one of the most significant concepts of contemporary private international law - the concept of habitual residence. The concept of habitual residence was introduced into the field of private international law within the context of the unification work of the Hague Conference of Private International Law in the interest of finding a compromise between the traditional connecting factors of domicile, dominant in the sphere of common law, and nationality, that is historically closely bound to continental legal systems. Thanks to the long and systematic unification work of the Hague Conference of Private International Law, the connecting factor of habitual residence has gained a permanent indisputable position in private international law. The concept of habitual residence has also forcefully made its way through into the rapidly developing sphere of European private international law. The European Union has followed in the footsteps of the Hague Conference of Private International Law: habitual residence is today the central, most frequently adopted connecting factor in the unified conflict-of-laws rules, that determine the applicable law, as well as in the rules that determine the jurisdiction of the forum. Building on the recent intense development in this field of...
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