Recent Changes in the Contemporary
Czech Private Law
The paper deals with latest changes in the contemporary Czech private law. Its
principal aim is to outline the reasons that led the Czech legislator to recodify
domestic private law. Then the author proceeds to introduce and examine sources
of inspiration for new legislation and to summarize and evaluate the most important
changes in the context of the general part of the code and absolute property
rights, with particular emphasis exerted on substantive law and law of succession,
which constitute the new Czech Civil Code.