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Behind the mirror of identity
Juráš, Ján ; Topolčanská, Maria (referee) ; Mléčka, Jan (advisor)
Does the question of collective identity still remain in the hands of companies and institutions, or is it rather becoming an uncontrolled marketable commodity and a victim of the economic opportunism and growing nationalism? What selfidentifying legacy is Slovakia building today? On the one hand we live in the era of historically high economic prosperity, on the other hand we are not creating environment which would help us to identify ourselves. The commercial buildings have become the despotic temples of today's cities. The public buildings are turning into stage props in the name of fnancial “optimization”. Ideological and physical environment of educational and cultural institutions sufers from being underfnanced in comparison with the European average. The eforts to put an end to the 1990s’ provincionalism and to redefne our social self-esteem are suppressed at the expense of the boundless polished ofce areas. The thesis is a critical refection of Slovak politics in the context of education and culture. By puting together seemingly disparate felds of science and fne arts the author
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CJEU as a Political Actor in the Termination of intra-EU BITs: Judicial Activism in Achmea Ruling
Juráš, Jan ; Šlosarčík, Ivo (advisor) ; Kasáková, Zuzana (referee)
The topic of the role and function of the Court of Justice of the European Union has been the subject of academic debate for quite some time. In recent years, a number of new studies have begun to examine judicial activism, also known as the process of judicialization of EU policy. It is a process by which the Court of Justice not only interprets the law, but directly creates it, thus becoming a full-fledged actor in the legislative and institutional framework of the EU. The work combines the topic of judicial activism with the issue of international investment protection in the EU, in which the Court of Justice of the EU has become a key actor by delivering the termination of intra-EU bilateral investment treaties between EU member states. In its judgment in the Achmea case, the Court of Justice ruled that these treaties are incompatible with the EU law system as investment arbitrations initiated on the basis of these treaties may undermine the autonomous position of the Court of Justice as the only institution that has a competency to interpret EU laws. The thesis also deals with the scale of the judicial activism in the Achmea ruling. Position of the other actors of the EU institutional framework is also presented. The work thus represents an interdisciplinary approach to the research of...
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Third Party funding in international investment arbitration
Juráš, Jan ; Balaš, Vladimír (advisor) ; Šturma, Pavel (referee)
1 Third Party Funding in International Investment Arbitration ABSTRACT Third-Party Funding (TPF) in investment arbitration is a relatively new, but fast-growing phenomenon that is attracting a lot of attention as besides providing certain benefits, it is also connected with significant risks that could endanger the entire Investor-state dispute settlement system. This system is heavily criticized for its imbalance and for favouring investors in the arbitrages. The increasing use of TPF can even further disrupt this already fragile and unbalanced system of dispute resolution. Traditionally, TPF was used as a way of access to justice, as the external party, which was not connected to the dispute, has decided to provide finances to one of the parties of the dispute so this party would be able to initiate an impartial legal dispute settlement. International investment arbitrations have become very expensive in the last decades, and thus TPF seemed to be an ideal way of how to help an insolvent investor to access justice against states that have violated their obligations arising from investment treaties. However, ever since the 2008 financial crisis, TPF in investment arbitration has become a very profitable business operated by several big litigation funding companies. These corporations are conducting a very...
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Behind the mirror of identity
Juráš, Ján ; Topolčanská, Maria (referee) ; Mléčka, Jan (advisor)
Does the question of collective identity still remain in the hands of companies and institutions, or is it rather becoming an uncontrolled marketable commodity and a victim of the economic opportunism and growing nationalism? What selfidentifying legacy is Slovakia building today? On the one hand we live in the era of historically high economic prosperity, on the other hand we are not creating environment which would help us to identify ourselves. The commercial buildings have become the despotic temples of today's cities. The public buildings are turning into stage props in the name of fnancial “optimization”. Ideological and physical environment of educational and cultural institutions sufers from being underfnanced in comparison with the European average. The eforts to put an end to the 1990s’ provincionalism and to redefne our social self-esteem are suppressed at the expense of the boundless polished ofce areas. The thesis is a critical refection of Slovak politics in the context of education and culture. By puting together seemingly disparate felds of science and fne arts the author
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Rural villages as biocentres. Plants mapping utilization for biodiversity evaluation.
JURÁŠ, Jan
Rural villages are important elements in cultural landscape. Thanks his variety here often enact biocentres and make possible to existence wide spectrum of plant, that could occur in other places and by other conditions only rock hard. At present however happens under the thumb of wasteful management to typical provincial nature suppression and to extinction of some species. This work was bent on vegetation investigation in three villages in Volyňsko in district Strakonice. Ascertained kinds spectrum distinguish on the basis of many factors, for example location position, abiotic factors or way of management. To other subject of interest was derived, let us say invasive kinds occurrence as well as protected species. On the basis these results can tell, that the rural villages are in monotonous agricultural landscape significant biotope that it is necessary to protect.
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