| Popis: |
The Ph.D. thesis called "Protection of personality in a Czech-German comparison" applies to, as the name indicates, a comparison of legislation examined in two jurisdictions. The aim of the thesis is certainly not a statement that one of the legislations is "better" than the other, but to determine whether and how the Czech and German legislation differ or how similar are the rules in both countries. The first part of the thesis is devoted to sources of law and aims to compare the rights of personality in both jurisdictions. In addition to national sources of law (with emphasis on private law) international treaties are mentioned. With regard to the treaties it can be concluded that although the Czech Republic and Germany are not signatories to the same contracts this difference is not significant for the purposes of the protection of personality. The wide content-overlap and considerable generality of the treaties causes that identical rights are protected in both countries. In the area of domestic sources of law it can be clearly stated that the German constitution plays more important role in its country than the Czech constitution in the Czech Republic. This is primarily due to the fragmentation of German legislation and the desire to overcome this inconsistency, but also the important position... |
