Thesis title: Adoption of persons of full age - evolution and comparison of legislation from the General Civil Code to the Civil Code 2012 This master's thesis focuses on historical evolution of the legal institute of adoption of persons of full age, also known as adoption of an adult or adult adoption. This legal option returned to the Czech family law after more than 60 years of legal history, during which it was prohibited with regard to the former understanding of adoption. The restoration of adult adoption to the Czech legislation was caused by one of the main principles on which the new Civil Code is based, and that is a return to traditional understanding and interpretation of family law within European continental traditions. The first part of this thesis deals with historical evolution of the legal option to adopt an adult person since the ancient Rome epoch, where this institute came from. The adoption had a totally different purpose compared to these days. It served especially the needs of an adoptive father, who wanted to have a successor of his own kin and heir. Roman law later became a model for legislation in the continental Europe. Until the middle of the 20th century, it was allowed to adopt an adult as well as a minor in the Czechoslovakia. This historical epoch of our family law...
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:365006 |
| Date | January 2017 |
| Creators | Linhartová, Eva |
| Contributors | Elischer, David, Dvořák, Jan |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | Czech |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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