Liberalization of restrictions upon the acquisition of real property by foreigners in the Czech Republic

The purpose of this thesis is to analyse the progress and development connected to the acquisition of domestic real estate by foreign exchange non-residents, especially the changes in legal regulations which deal with this issue, and to document this liberalisation with examples from court procedures. This thesis comprises seven chapters; the first two chapters are designated for the introduction, where the goals of this thesis are defined, and for a short historical excursion which introduces the issue from a historical context. The core of this thesis is chapters three, four and five. Chapter three describes and evaluates the development of this issue in the period between November 1989 and the adoption of the last Foreign Exchange Act. The most attention is paid to the dynamic development of the regulations in the Foreign Exchange Act and on the context of other matters which had a large impact on its provisions. The purpose was to order the single chapters and subchapters so that they constitute a logical unit on the one hand, but on the other hand each subchapter deals with its own topic and part of the issue. Logical milestones are events like the Accession of the Czech Republic to the European Union and the expiration of transitive periods. Factually the single subchapters deal with special..