Non-pecuniary harm and its compensation in judicial practice

Non-pecuniary harm and its compensation in judicial practice Abstract This thesis deals with the traditional private law issue of non-pecuniary harm and its compensation in the area of private law. The author of the thesis focuses mainly on current issues related to non-pecuniary harm with emphasis on the development of court decisions not only in the Czech legal system. Attention is also paid to the historical genesis of both, the legislation and judicial decisions. First of all, the basic concepts are analyzed, inclusive of terminological inconsistencies clearly expressed in the comparison table. Subsequently, attention in great detail is paid to the individual legal provisions dealing with the issue of non- pecuniary harm and its compensation in the current Civil Code. This thesis is divided into nine chapters. The first chapter explains the key term of non- pecuniary harm and other terms like compensation and judicial practice. The second chapter briefly introduces the protection of personality rights and means of reasonable satisfaction. The third chapter deals with the compensation for bodily harm in the Civil Code including a legally non-binding document called Methodology of the Supreme Court to compensate non-pecuniary harm to health. This non-binding document was created with the aim to help..