58 The Abstract of my thesis The topic of my thesis is the legislation on the bylaws (statutes) of the banks in the Czech Republic. The bylaws are the most important documents not only of the banks, but also of every joint-stock company in general. The aim of this paper is to describe the present (contemporary, actual) national (Czech) legislation on the banks' bylaws and to emphasize the differences between the bank's bylaws and the bylaws of the ordinary joint-stock company. The first two chapters are focused on the explanation of the (the first two chapters explain) basic terms used in this work, specifically the terms "bank" and "the bylaws of the bank" in the light of the Czech law. In the following chapter I attempt to discuss division of the necessary parts of the bylaws. Then I continue with more detailed analysis of the bylaws requisites prescribed by the Czech Commercial Code and also required under the Law on Banks. At the end of this chapter there is a comparison of the particular provisions of the two leading banks' bylaws regarding their management and control systems, since these matters are individually tailored for each bank. The subsequent text mentions optional provisions that can be included in the bylaws, their possible division (categorization), and it presents (shows) few practical...