The arbitration in consumer disputes ABSTRACT The topic of this thesis is especially arbitration in consumer disputes. The general part of work dedicates the historical progress of arbitration and common attribute of arbitration and also takes into account the role of the courts in arbitration proceedings with respect to some aspects of consumer disputes in particular. A special part of this work deals with advantages and disadvantages of arbitration from the point of view of consumer and special legislation in arbitration in consumer disputes as well. The aim of the work is to evaluate if the arbitration is suitable way to decision making in the area of consumer disputes in comparison with functionality of arbitration in commercial disputes, and also the aim is to find an appropriate way to settlement of consumer disputes in arbitration, if there is one.

This thesis deals with the chemical communication of wood mouse of genus Apodemus with a focus on the special sebaceous gland on the ventral side of the tail - the caudal organ. Role of the caudal organ in chemical communication is unclear. To illustrate the function of the sebaceous glands, I decided to use metods of 454 pyrosequencing, proteomic analysis and qPCR. I created a database of transcriptionally active genes of caudal organ using 454 pyrosequencing. In proteomic analysis, I focused on proteins with a molecular weight 14-18kDa to verify the presence of the lipocalins, proteins involved in chemical communication. I compared the relative mRNA abundance of selected genes between individuals of the opposite sex using qPCR. In my research, I found that the caudal organ is active organ and caudal organ could participate in chemical communication. I detected a different relative mRNA abundance of genes in males and females at the mRNA level, which could play a role in differences in development of caudal organ between individuals of the opposite sex. Finally, I suggested possible ways of using the caudal organ in the chemical communication in wood mouse genus Apodemus from the obtained results. Key words: caudal organ, Apodemus, chemical communication, FABP5, Scd1

- Liability of governing bodies of limited companies The thesis deals with the liability of governing bodies of limited companies in the light of the recodification of private law. The given topic is becoming increasingly acute in the Czech legal environment, especially with regard to the codification of due diligence and the business judgment rule in the basic acts of private law, namely the Civil Code and the Business Corporations Act. The aim of this work is to provide a comprehensive insight into the problems of the concept of liability within the Civil Code and a view into the Business Corporations Act and the ensuing liability of governing bodies of limited companies. In the first chapter of this thesis, various key concepts, which are used and elaborated throughout this paper, are analyzed and defined. The concept of liability is analyzed in terms of a historical perspective - both from the so-called prospective and retrospective conception to the conception contained in the Civil Code. The concept of a statutory body (governing body) is analyzed both in terms of rules contained in the Civil Code and in terms of the different specificities of the Business Corporations Act including the analysis of directors of a limited company and the board of directors of a joint-stock company. The second...

1 Abstract Remuneration of members of governing bodies of joint-stock companies Remuneration of members of governing bodies of joint-stock companies is very topical. The aim of this thesis is to analyse the topic and its fundamental aspects, to compare legislation before and after the re-codification of Czech private law and to compare Czech and British law relating to remuneration. The first chapter defines the basic terms, aims and methodology of this thesis and describes relevant economic concepts (e.g. principal-agent problem, fragmentation of ownership of joint stock companies). The second chapter focuses on the issue of concurrent engagement as a director and as an employee of the company. This issue had been object of legal uncertainty in the past. The third chapter focuses on entitlement to remuneration. After the re-codification, the director is not entitled to remuneration unless otherwise stipulated by the parties. The right to be remunerated can be based on a service contract, internal directive or a resolution of the company. In certain cases, the member can be entitled to remuneration at the prevalent market rate. This is being compared in the thesis to the British regulation where decision-making about remuneration may be entrusted to the board of directors itself. On the other hand, the...

1 Concurrence of the Position of a Governing Body and Statutory Authorization in Limited Companies and Cooperative in a Comparative Context Abstract The thesis provides an analysis of function concurrence between board members and employees to the extent of board members in companies limited by shares and in a society. The aim of this thesis is to describe the relative issues, problematic and controversial aspects of current doctrine and propose possible solutions, which could be acceptable for legal theory as well as for legal practice. The work is divided into three main parts. The first part deals with the validity of employment contract in case of concurrence of functions. The second part then describes the issue of company representation in case of concurrence of functions. The last part describes the relative issues, which are common to both previous sections. The first part deals mainly with the current legal regulation of the employment contract in case of concurrence of functions. Not long ago, the employment contract was held as invalid by case law; however a recent legislation has brought some reasonable changes and has explicitly declared the validity of the employment contract. Nevertheless, this has produced also some new issues, especially in the case of conflicts between the employment...

Duty to Publish Information (Abstract) I chose as my topic the obligation to publish official records, its legal grounds and connections with other areas. The analysis includes practical aspects and takes into account rapid changes in technology and the much slower development of ad- ministrative law institutes. In this frame I wanted to develop a procedural plan to make the public authority fulfill its duty to publish information, using legal means. I chose as my topic the duty to publish records, since I believe it to be the easist, most economical and effective way to make public records available to the citizens. This is currently a hot political topic, since new legislatation is being prepared in this area both in the Czech Republic and in the European Union, which is a response to the rapid technological progress. Nevertheless, the jurisprudence has devoted much less attention to the obligation to publish information than to disclosing the records upon a request to an individual. The thesis is divided to introduction, theoretical part, practical part and conclusion. The theoretical part deals with both the general regulation and with selected spe- cial cases of disclosure in domestic, EU and international regulation. I analyze and structure the legal regulation of mandatory publishing of records under...

This thesis deals with supervision over the financial market and its legal framework. I chose the topic because I have always been interested in the issue concerning the financial market. This thesis enables readers to get familiarized with the current situation of the financial market supervision in the Czech Republic, European Union and three member states of European Union, i.e. United Kingdom, France and Slovakia. The Chapter One is an introduction to the theme. The second chapter deals with the basic terms used in the thesis as financial market, supervision, inspection etc. It is a theoretical part of the thesis. The third chapter examines relevant legislation of the European Union and it is dedicated to the EU financial supervision. A new structure for EU financial supervision was agreed in 2010 following the adoption of the de Larosière report in November 2008. At the beginning of 2011 the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB) and three European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) were established. The purpose of the new structure is to ensure effective surveilance of the EU financial market. The ESRB is responsible for monitoring and assessing potential threats to the stability of the financial system. It can issue risk warnings when necessary, and can make recommendations for remedial action,...

The diploma thesis deals with the role of the police authority in preliminary criminal proceedings. The thesis is divided into twelve chapters which are further structured into subchapters, describing in more detail the given procedure or institute. According to the phases of preliminary proceedings, the diploma thesis is chronologically divided into the examination phase and investigation phase, describing further the police authority proceedings. The objective of the diploma thesis is particularly to describe the procedure and actions of the police authority in individual phases of preliminary proceedings and to explain its role. The content of the diploma thesis is focused on the relation of the person against whom the criminal proceedings are being conducted (i.e. the suspected or accused) and the police authority. More specifically, particularly on the procedures of the Police of the Czech Republic bodies; marginally, it mentions other bodies in the position of a police authority, as well. This is the reason the reader most often encounters in the text a comparison of the criminal proceedings adjustments and the Act on the Police of the Czech Republic, possibly with notice to their differences. In the elaborated topic, emphasis is put on the right of the accused to a fair trial, right of the...

This thesis deals with the verification procedure, which is the first part of the preliminary proceeding and thus part of criminal proceedings. The introductory part of the thesis briefly covers basic instruments of the preliminary proceeding including the investigation phase whose knowledge is key to realize the position and importance of the verification procedure in the overall structure of the criminal proceedings. Bodies that are involved in the criminal proceedings are discussed including their definition, organization and determination of their competence in the verification procedure. The core of the thesis is divided into several parts that deal with the analysis of the verification procedure as well as activities that precede the formal beginning of the criminal proceedings. The ways are discussed by which bodies become aware of offences as well as the first steps of the police authority in the unofficial phase that precedes the criminal proceedings. The core part of the thesis also looks at the prosecutor's and especially police authority's powers that are typical of this phase and whose records are not directly admissible as evidence before court. On the other hand, exceptional cases are also discussed where the evidence must be executed in this phase with specific focus on the...

Liability of governing bodies of limited companies against third parties for a breach of duty in the course of performance of function from a comparative perspective The thesis deals with the legal liability of company representatives, an important theme for several reasons. One is the fact that companies are legal persons, or entities which do not exist in reality and whose intentions are realised through persons distinct from them, namely their representatives. Both legislation and the memorandum of association impose many duties on representatives which must be fulfilled. It may happen that these duties are breached, resulting in damage to a company, its associates, and other neutral parties, most often the company's creditors. We must consider if the legal order should pierce the veil around companies and allow the possibility of persons acting on a company's behalf to be directly sanctioned. The thesis attempts to analyse the circumstances under which company representatives should be directly liable for their actions. With regard to the fact that the legislation is not developed in the Czech Republic, I had to work with foreign examples and deduce which provisions of Czech law might be useful for the development of the theory. The first four chapters present and deal with concepts which are...