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Public participation in procedures under the Building Act
Vozák, Jiří ; Franková, Martina (advisor) ; Sobotka, Michal (referee)
Public participation in the procedures under the Building Act Abstract This work deals with the participation of environmental NGOs in environmental decision-making with emphasis on the procedures under the Building Act. The purpose is to evaluate the level of public participation in the Czech Republic and assess whether it meets the international obligations. The protection of the environment relies on the activity of public authorities. However, the public participation also plays an important role in this matter. The public participation is a valuable tool of a democratic society, as it may help to protect the environment. The institute of public participation takes many different forms. The rights and duties related to the public participation may vary depending on its particular form. Natural and legal persons are both able to take part in decision-making of public authorities. Nevertheless, these two subjects have different position and may set up different claims in the administrative procedures. The institute of public participation is not regulated unanimously. The regulation varies upon different acts and areas of participation. The regulation of public participation exists at several levels - the international law, the law of the European Union, the national constitutional law and the Czech...
Parliament as theatre: development of theatrality in the House of Commons debates
Vozák, Jiří ; Váška, Jan (advisor) ; Kasáková, Zuzana (referee)
The text describes the development of theatrality in parliamentary discourses in the House of Commons. It analyses functions of parliamentary debates, especially the communicative function of parliament. The theatrality of parliamentary discourse is composed of several elements. These are the architecture of the House, rules and customs of parliamentary debates and the parliamentary language itself. In the final part of the text I will compare theatrality of parliamentary debates from three different periods of the House of Commons history. While the initial period contains parliamentary debates from before the first radio broadcastings from the House, debates of the second period are already aired. The last period gathers three televised House of Commons debates. According to the texts principal hypothesis of the text, the theatrality of parliamentary discourses will rise with the media broadcasting. The final comparison shows differences among examined periods, however, the hypothesis was not entirely confirmed. Several aspects of detheatrility of parliamentary discourses also appears.

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