Acquisition of real estate from unlawful possessor comparison of Czech and German legal regulation

v anglickém jazyce The topic of the thesis is the institute of acquisition of a real estate from a non-entitled person which breaks the traditional principle of Roman law nemo plus iuris ad alium transferre potest quam ipse habet (one cannot transfer to another more rights than they have). The thesis describes, analyses and evaluates particular conditions for acquisition of ownership rights and other rights in rem over a real estate from a non-entitled person, as set out in the Czech and German legal system. The possibility to acquire a real estate from a non-entitled person which is closely connected with the principle of material publicity (public faith) was relegislated as a part of the domestic recodification of private law. The socialist as well as the post-revolutionary law rejected the possibility of a bona fide acquisition of a real estate from a non-entitled person very strictly. However, the recent strengthening of the material publicity of public registers brought a number of ambiguities. Although we cannot foresee the future trends in decision- making practice of the domestic courts in relation to the acquisition of a real estate from a non- entitled person, the German legislation could outline possible solutions of some domestic interpretation problems. After all, the principle of..