The legal system of the present-day Czech Republic would not be understood properly without sufficient knowledge of its historical roots and evolution.This book deals with the development of Czech ...law from its initial origins as a form of Slavic law to its current position, reflecting the influence of the legal systems of neighbouring countries and that of Roman law. The reader can see how a legal system originally based on custom developed into written and codified law. Czech law was fully dependent upon developments within the Luxemburg, Jagiellonian and, primarily, Habsburg monarchies, although some features remained autonomous.The 20th century is particularly important in the development of the Czech state and law of today, namely due to the establishment of an independent Czechoslovakia in 1918 and its split in 1992 giving rise to the independent identities of the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic. It was a century encompassing periods of democratic as well as totalitarian regimes; political, ideological, economic and social changes stemming from such transformations were projected into, and reflected in, the system of Czechoslovak and Czech law. It can therefore serve as a "case study" for researchers interested in the transition of democratic legal systems into totalitarian regimes, and vice versa.
Ethnic minority issues played an important role in the history of Czechoslovakia, from 1918, during World War II and in the years immediately following it. Czechoslovakia became a model for solving ...ethnic and minority problems and legal regulations had always played a key role in the status of minorities. This book, which deals with issues concerning ethnic and language minorities in Czechoslovakia from a long-term perspective, is primarily intended for foreign readers. In recent years, ethnic minority issues are once again becoming relevant in Europe and thorough knowledge of earlier problems and solutions may facilitate further examination of the current problems.
Kniha predního ceského právního historika Jana Kuklíka pojednává o ceskoslovensko-britských majetkových a financních jednáních od Mnichova a do 80. let. Vímá si zejména, jak byly politické vztahy ...mezi obema státy ovlivnovány nevyreenými problémy zpusobenými pomnichovskou pujckou, válecným úverem poskytnutým na cinnost prozatímního státního zrízení a zejména ceskoslovenským znárodnením a dalími majetkoprávními zásahy v letech 1945-1948. V záverecné cásti kniha analyzuje souvislosti mezi uzavrením ceskoslovensko-britské náhradové dohody z roku 1982 a navrácením ceskoslovenského menového zlata zadrovaného nekolik desetiletí Tripartitní komisí. Celá práce je zaloena na studiu puvodních pramenu v ceských a britských archivech a rada skutecností je u nás publikována vubec poprvé.
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