The principle of concentration in contentious procedure

This Master's degree thesis deals with legislation on the "principle of concentration in the contentious procedure" and related legal institutes. Pursuant to the principle of concentration, the parties to the civil proceedings are obliged to concentrate and perform the prescribed pleadings within particular time period. These pleadings include among others: allegation of material facts, proposed evidence to prove these facts and objections to the procedural matters. After the passage of prescribed time, a factual and evidentiary "stop condition" occurs, i.e. the parties to the proceedings are not able to perform the pleadings with relevant consequences in law anymore. Legislation on the principle of concentration has been significantly amended by adoption of several Civil Procedure Code amendments, namely Act N. 30/2000 Coll. and Act N. 7/2009 Coll. The thesis aims to analyse and critically evaluate these amendments. The thesis consists of seven chapters. The introductory chapter defines the theoretical concept of the principle of concentration and its intended purpose. The second chapter describes the concept of legal principles and places the principle of concentration in the group of civil procedure principles. The main attention is paid to the principle of legal order, the principle of..