Donation and its modalities

1 Summary This thesis deals with the issue of donation and its modalities. Due to the fact that the contract of donation is a very often concluded nominate contract, which is like a contract of purchase or exchange, a legal title of ownership transfer, the topic is contemporary and useful for practice. The aim of this thesis is to analyze the current legal regulation of donation, while using relevant judicial decisions. This thesis consists of eight chapters, which are for the purpose of better clarity logically divided into subchapters. The introductory chapter revolves around the issue of donation in general, especially with respect to the conceptual elements of donation, that is gratuitousness, voluntariness and the object of donation. Separate subchapters are then focused on distinguishing donation from similar legal conduct as well as from the pledge to donate. The second chapter deals with the legal regulation of the contract of donation itself, whereas outlined are firstly the differences between a real and a consensual contract of donation. In this part of the thesis the transfer of ownership of the gift is also briefly tackled. Special subchapter is then dedicated to the issue of parties and subjects of the contract of donation. Also discussed in this chapter is the form of contract of donation as..