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Constitutional development in England from the beginning until the 17th century
Kollárová, Zuzana ; Kuklík, Jan (advisor) ; Skřejpková, Petra (referee)
Constitutional Development in England from the beginning until the 17th century This thesis analyses the constitutional development and the evolution of the law and the society on the English territory from the formation of the first Anglo-Saxon kingdoms until the beginning of the 17th century. The aim of this work is to study the constitutional and legal development on the basis of historical events and thus offer an integrated interpretation and explanation of the issue. The thesis consists of eleven chronological chapters, in each of which the most important aspects of the constitutional development of the period are scrutinized. The emphasis is put on the most importan law heritage on the evolution of the law and law institutes, of the central as well as local state authorities and of the position and role of the sovereign/monarch in the given period. Particular attention is paid to the origin and the development of parliamentarism, its relation towards the monarch and their mutual interaction. The first chapter deals with the Anglo-Saxon period and the genesis of the origins of the legal development on the current English territory, with the arrival of Anglo-Saxon tribes and with the formation of the first political statehoods in this territory. The chapter focuses on the analysis of the most important...
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Louisiana purchase
Keltošová, Jana ; Opatrný, Josef (advisor) ; Robbins, David Lee (referee)
The main purpose of the thesis is to illustrate a process of gradual development of America's diplomatic relations and skills which consequently led to the Louisiana Purchase. This land acquisition has been effected by a culmination of a series of events on two different continents. Therefore, the Purchase was not an act of signing, but an act which defined the state's existence, recognition, and acceptance by other nations. It is not sufficient to be aware of the events taking place shortly before the Purchase and therefore the paper presents political, diplomatic, industrial, and commercial reasons of England, Spain, and France which gave rise to the United States. The thesis is divided into respective centuries with their most important events and outcomes of the mutual negotiations between the three above mentioned Europeans powers. The moment when the English subjects became independent, later declaration of Independence, and the French Revolution are the examples of important milestones which eventually resulted in the land acquisition. However, it is not correct to think that once the problem of the area is settled, the future steps are a lot easier to take. Only then the issues such as the application of law, subjugation, and later development of the state become very significant and...
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