Legacy of current law of succession

1 Abstract Legacy of current law of succession This master's dissertation focuses on the traditional legacy of Roman law institute which, through the law no. 89/2012 of the Civil Code, has found its way back to the Czech legal system. The text of the paper is divided into two main parts which are not split equally by what they cover, however, the aim of the dissertation determined such division. The first part the dissertation outlines the historical foundations for the nowadays' form of the legacy. In short, the shape of the Roman law is covered in the introduction as an essential ground for further law adjustments. A comparison of two, from these days' perspective most important sources of law modification - the legacy's modification of the ABGB, and the modification of unimplemented government proposal of civil code of 1937 - follow. The comparison is replenished by an overview of the diminishing legacy's modification of civil code of 1950, and of the final legacy's refusal in civil code of 1964. The second part of the dissertation covers the in-force legal form of the Civil Code. The current form of the legacy is elaborated, following the taxonomy of the law. There is an emphasis put- alongside on the general description of the set issue - upon the dealing with chosen conflict situations which arise..