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Introduction to the Czech civil Law
1st lesson
Jan Hurdík

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Introduction to the course I
nAim of the course:
nDescription of history, contemporary situation and its crucial crossroads and probable future
development of Czech civil law
nMethods of course:
nGenetic-procedural
nComparison
nDescription
nContent of course
nCivil law (6 lessons)
nCivil procedure law incl. structure and org. of justice (6 lessons)
nTermination of the course (1 lesson)
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Introduction to the course II
nSources and literature:
nTextbook Introduction.. – to buy in the bookshop of to borrow from the library or to copy in the
library (+ on IS)
nCzech civil Code (eng.) – on IS or to borrow or to copy
nCzech commercial Code (eng.) – on IS or to borrow or to copy
nCompleting literature:
nHurdík-Fiala: Contracts. Czech Republic. IEL. Kluwer Int. 2009
nHurdík-Polčák-Smejkalová: Czech law in European regulatory context, Wien-München 2009
nPoplawski-Šramková: Legal sanctions..Brno 3008
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Czech civil Law
Introduction..

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Czech civil Law I – from past to future
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n1811  - austrian Allgemeines bürgerliches Gesetzbuch
n1950  - 1st czechoslovak Civil Code (141/1950 Sb.-Coll.)
n1964  - „socialist“ czechoslovak Civil Code (40/1964 Sb.)   – changed by Act 509/1991 Sb.
nfrom 2000  -  project of new czech civil code
n2012 – new Civil Code akcepted in Parliament and signed by the President (20.2.2012)
nfrom 1.1.2014 new Civil Code in force
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Czech civil Law II – System of private Law
n1811 – private Law = civil Law
nIn the course of 19th century, and especialy in the 2nd half of the 20th century the labor Law,
family Law and commercial Law as the separated branches of private law were established
nNow, the parts of czech private Law are:
nCivil law (Civil Code – Act 40/1964 Sb., Authors act 121/2000
nCommercial Law (Commercial Code – Act 513/1991 Sb.
nFamily Law (Family Act – Act 94/1963 Sb.)
nLabor Law (Labour Code – Act 262/2006 Sb.)
nRecodification of czech civil law is going to change the whole system of czech private Law:
nThe part of civil code should be: family law, labor contract (only private labor law – labour
contract), main part of commercial law (excl. Act of commercial societies)
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Czech civil law III – New Czech Civil Code
nStructure of the text:
n5 parties:
nPart One : General Part
nPart Two: Family Law
nPart Three: Absolute property Rights (incl.Inheritance)
nPart Four: Relative property Rights (Contract and Tort Law)
nPart Five: Final, Transitory and Repealing Provisions
n3.046 of paragraphs.

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Czech civil law in european frame
n4 levels of civil law:
nNational civil law de lege lata (existing Czech civil law)
nNational civil law de lege ferenda (recidification of C.c.)
nEuropean dimension of civil law de lege lata (existing european „civil“ law
nEuropean dimension of civil law de lege ferenda (different projects of europeization of civil law
– Lando commision PECL, Study group: DCFR, Gandolfi principles, UNIDROIT principles..)
nDesire or real possibilities of development ?
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Current situation of Czech civil law
nThe new Czech Civil Code has been signed by President (20th February 2012) nThe text of NCC is
going to be published in the Collection of Laws = nNew Czech Civil Code will come in force from 1st
January 2012