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Czech law in historical contexts / Jan Kuklík.
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Kuklík, Jan, 1967-
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English
Published/Created
Prague : Charles University in Prague, Karolinum Press, 2015.
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239 pages ; 24 cm
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Law
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Czechoslovakia
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History
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Law
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Czech Republic
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Bohemia
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History
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Law
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Austria
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History
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19th century
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Law
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Austria
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History
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18th century
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Summary note
"The legal system of the present-day Czech Republic cannot be understood 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, Hapsburg 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."--Page [4] of cover.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-239).
Contents
Beginnings of the Czech state and law
Development of law during the era of the Luxemburgs until 1419
The Hussite period
Law during the Estate Monarchy
Law during the Age of Absolutism
Enlightened absolutism
Codification of Austrian civil law
Austrian constitutional development 1848-1914 and Czech national movement
Austrian legal development 1848-1918
The break-up of the Habsburg empire and the establishment of Czechoslovakia
Continuities and discontinuities in the initial period of Czechoslovak legal development
Constitutional development of the First Czechoslovak Republic
Legal aspects of national minorities
Changes in Czechoslovak law 1918-1938
The Munich Agreement and the Protectorate of Bohemia & Moravia
Re-establishment of Czechoslovakia in pre-Munich borders
Presidential decrees (so-called Beneš decrees)
The Third Czechoslovak Republic 1945-1948
May Constitution of 1948 and the political system of the People's Democracy
Changes in the Czechoslovak legal system 1948-1960
Political trials and other forms of persecution
Changes in land law : forced collectivization
Social security and labour law
The Socialist Constitution of 1960
Recodification of criminal law in the 1960s
New civil law of the 1960s
Prague Spring
The period of "normalization" 1969-1989
Velvet Revolution and period of "transformation".
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ISBN
9788024628608
8024628600
OCLC
919192629
RCP
C - S
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