Dear colleagues,


I hope that those of you, who were returning home arrived safe, and those, who stayed in the Czech
Republic, are also managing the situation well.


With regards to the fact that this emergency state may last a little bit longer than we anticipated
at first, please, let me inform you about the occurred changes in the Socrates programme. I hope
that you noticed the uploaded publications in the online materials, plus more of the presentations
will be attached later. Their numbers will always match the relevant topic in the programme.



In terms of the tuition the following changes will be made:


1.       For each topic you will find a working sheet with questions in the online materials that
we kindly ask you to fill out and submit to the relevant file vault. Although the work is not
mandatory, we strongly recommend the submission of your texts, for it may serve as a valuable feed
back to us, on where you make mistakes the most, and it may also serve as a valuable practice to
you for your final examinations.


The first task is in the presentation “04 Contents of Testament” – and it is focused primarily on
the Roman Law. Please answer the questions that are in the presentation. It follows with a
comparison of certain provisions from CzCC2020 – What are the main differences between Czech and
Roman Law?


During the weekend I will add some more questions on the topic “03 Basic Characteristics of the Law
of Succession 19^th – 21^st Century”. More questions will follow every week, and for their
elaboration you will have always one-week time.


2.       Apart from that let me kindly ask you to prepare two presentations on:

a)       Extraordinary testaments in the law of your country

b)      Basic characteristics of the Law of Succession in your country


The deadline for the submission of the presentations is 17^th May 2020.


3.       As to the final examination, you do not have to worry if you left the country, for it will
be conducted through an online test.


The procedure will be following: The test will be accessible in the system for two to three weeks
and any time during this period you will be allowed to start the test (I strongly recommend to use
computers instead of mobile phones). From the moment you open the test you will have 15 minutes to
fill out the correct answers. There will be 12 questions (a, b, c) with always only one correct
answer. For answering a question correctly, you will receive one point, for wrong answer zero
points (points do not subtract if your answer is not correct). Once you will be finished, you need
to save the test and at that moment either number 0 or 1 will appear. 0 means that you have not
passed the test, 1 means you have successfully passed the test – but beware, for it is not your
final mark. For a demonstration the examination will be marked accordingly:


12-11 points = A (1)

10 points = B (1-)

9 – 8 points = C (2)

7 points = D (2-)

6 points = E (3)

5 points and less = F (did not succeed)


You have only one try for the test, if you will not be successful or if any problems will occur,
one more try will be opened with the same requirements as the first one.




Do not hesitate to contact me with further questions,

best regards,



Pavel Salák jr.