Czech law in historical contexts / Jan Kuklik.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kuklík, Jan, 1967- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law--Czechoslovakia--History.

Law.

History.

Czechoslovakia.

Law--Czech Republic--Bohemia--History.

Law--Austria--History--19th century.

Law--Austria--History--18th century.

Austria.

Czech Republic--Bohemia.

Physical Description:

239 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Prague : Charles University in Prague, Karolinum Press, 2015.

Summary:

"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.

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 decress (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 Constiution 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".

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-239) and index.

ISBN:

9788024628608

8024628600

OCLC:

919192629