Beneš-decrees and the accession of the Czech Republic to the European Union

The thesis called Beneš-decrees and the accession of the Czech Republic to the European Union focuses on the Beneš-decrees as a restriction of the accession to the EU. The thesis aims at verification of hypothesis which says that the Beneš-decrees could not be in contrary to EU law (acquis communautaire). Methodology used in my thesis are analysis of law documents, ten Beneš-decrees, Amnesty act and comparison of law opinions. The first chapter defines the concept of the Beneš-Decrees eleminating the number of decrees only to ten, which are relevant for my thesis. The second chapter summarizes the period of time after Beneš-decrees were published and deals with the Sudeten German question . The third chapter focuses on the role of the Beneš-decrees in the current legal order of the Czech Republic. The last chapter defines conditions needed for joining the EU, how the Czech Republic fulfilled these conditions and compares four legal opinions, which were expressing compatibility of Beneš-decrees and Amnesty act with acquis communautaire. In the end, I summarize the most relevant arguments mentioned in legal opinions and answer the scientific question and hypothesis I set in the begining