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Rights of passengers in international air transport
Chrást, Patrik ; Pauknerová, Monika (advisor) ; Brodec, Jan (referee)
Název diplomové práce a abstrakt v anglickém jazyce, klíčová slova Title of the thesis: Rights of passengers in international air transport Abstract The number of passengers carried by international air transport grows steadily every year and thus also the number of irregularities which may disrupt passengers' travel plans increases accordingly. It is important that in such cases passengers are appropriately looked after and that they may, in accordance with valid instruments of law, seek compensation for damages incurred as a result of such irregularities. By means of analysis of select significant legal instruments of private international law and European law the author aims to point out parts of these regulations that present difficulties when they are to be applied, their meaning is not unambiguous, the interpretation is not uniformed, or the regulations are incompatible with one another. The author then avails of this analysis to propose certain amendments to the existing legislation on air passenger rights in the last chapter of the thesis. In order to achieve the set goal, the author utilizes information not only from academic literature and specialized publications, but also from wide variety of case law, in particular judgements of the Court of Justice of the European Union. Author's own...
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A contract for carriage of person
Čapek, Michal ; Frinta, Ondřej (advisor) ; Thöndel, Alexandr (referee)
IN ENGLISH This rigorous thesis is dedicated to the passenger transport contract according to the Civil Code. At the beginning of thesis is dedicated the history of transport and transport contracts. Historical development of the contract influenced the legal rules of road and railway transport issued many years later. In the thesis are defined relevant sources of law. European legislation is very important for regulations this field. Public-law sources play a major role in the legal regulation of passenger transport contract. The passenger transport contract is, in most cases, a consumer contract, based upon the assumption taken over from EU law that protecting the passenger - i.e. consumer - is one of the key goals of legal regulation in this field. The thesis contains detailed analysis of basic terms related to passenger transport contract. Significant part of thesis part focuses on rights and duties of the contractual parties. These two basic entities are not, in fact, on an equal footing. It is the carrier, who generally acts as the stronger party. One of the purposes of the legislation is to protect the weaker party - i.e. the passenger. The thesis is dedicated to the responsibility of contracting parties. If a party to a legal relationship fails to meet their obligations, corresponding...
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Selected legal issues of international passenger transport
Vosátková, Karolina ; Pauknerová, Monika (advisor) ; Pfeiffer, Magdalena (referee)
Selected legal issues of international passenger transport The topic of the diploma thesis is 'selected legal issues of international passenger transport'. The aim of the thesis is to analyse the issues of substantive law related to the liability of carriers and rights of passengers in the international rail, road and air transport. The thesis focuses on applicable legislation of liability of carriers and rights of passengers, but also deals with the legislation proposed pro futuro. The diploma thesis is divided into seven chapters, further divided into subchapters. In the introduction the thesis defines the term 'international passenger transport' and summarises its key legal sources. Further, it addresses the conflict of law rules applicable to the contract on international passenger transport. The core of the thesis is in the following chapters that deal with the direct substantive rules governing the liability of carriers and rights of passengers in individual types of transport, which are contained especially in multilateral international conventions and secondary legislation of the European Union. The conclusion of the thesis summarises and assesses the analysed legal issues in the researched legislation. The first, opening chapter contains the introduction to the topic of legislation related...
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