Public law, Private law
Veřejné právo, Soukromé právo
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Basics
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 Continental law only!
 Originally from Ancient Rome law.
 Different courts for both law systems (in France).
 Some special tribunals for law systems.
 Supreme administrative court of the Czech Republic
Public law
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 Theory of law,
 governing the relationship between:
 individuals (citizens, companies),
 state.
 Sub-divisions:
 constitutional law,
 administrative law,
 criminal law.
 Creation of a public body with special powers of
investigation, decision-making and/or enforcement in
relation to a particular problem.(Chromá, 2. dopl. vyd, 1998, p. 156)
Private law
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 Theory of law as well,
 governing relationships between individuals.
 Including:
 law of contracts (smluvní právo),
 law of torts (právo občanskoprávních deliktů),
 law of obligations (závazkové právo).
 It is not civil law, civil law is mainly part of PL.
 There are permissions, not restrictions.
Areas of Private law
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 Civil law (občanské právo):
 family law (rodinné právo),
 property law (majetkové právo),
 contract law (smluvní a závazkové právo),
 inheritance law (dědické právo).
 Labour law (pracovní právo).
 Commercial law (obchodní právo).
 Corporations law (právo obchodních společností).
 Competition law (soutěžní právo).
Fundamentals of private law
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 Equality of participants,
 individual autonomy,
 equity,
 „all is permited when it is not prohibited“,
 prohibits abuse of subjective laws,
 certainty and stability in private law relationship,
 prevention.
Differences
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 Private law rules are the protection of individual
interests.
 Public law is the promotion of social obejctives and
the protection of collective rather than individual
interests.
 Private – permits, public – prohibits.
Thanks and resources
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 Thank you for listening!
 Public law [online], last edit October 8, 2010 [cit . October
24, 2010], Wikipedia: The Free Encyklopedia.
 Private law [online], last edit May 14, 2010 [cit . October
24, 2010], Wikipedia: The Free Encyklopedia.
 Súkromné právo [online], last edit July 1, 2010 [cit .
October 24, 2010], Wikipédia: Slobodná encyklopédia.
 CHROMÁ, Marta. Introduction to legal English. Vol. 1.
Praha : Karolinum, 1998, 368 s., ISBN: 80-7184-697-X
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