Judicial Responsibility and Limits of the Decision-making Process in Roman Law

The aim of the thesis is to highlight various legal institutions which have carried over into modern times from Roman law and at the same time to provide a historical perspective for the on-going discussion about the changes in contemporary Czech justice. The main subject of the thesis is the responsibility of a judge and the limits of the judge's actions during the period of Roman republican law. Although the primary focus of the thesis is civil law, excursions into penal law as well as into the law of the Roman Empire are necessary in order to maintain the integrity of the text