Security transfer of ownership

Security transfer of ownership Abstract The subject matter of this thesis is the security transfer of ownership as a means of debt security in the Czech Republic. Within five chapters, the thesis analyses the law applicable to the security transfer of ownership while considering the difficulties arising out of its interpretation that were identified by courts, experts and legal practice. The main purpose is to present the difficulties related to the use and interpretation of the security transfer of ownership in a critical manner. The first chapter aims to put the security transfer of title in the context of the law of obligations, to place it among other types of debt securities and to capture its substance. Subsequently, the thesis describes the roots of this type of debt security in Roman law and the evolution of the security transfer of title in the Czech territory. There is a comparative mention of the use of the security transfer of title in Germany and France at the end of the first chapter. The second chapter analyses the security transfer of title under Act No. 40/1964 Coll., the Civil Code and identifies problems related to the imperfect legislation. This chapter also analyses the case law that had fundamental impact on the interpretation of this debt security and that were reflected in the..