Succession law - substantive law aspects

58 4. Summary The Czech material law of succession The law of succession is one of the most important branches of civil law. It governs the succession of the deceased's property onto his heirs. The Czech law distinguishes two means of succession - the former is testamentary succession while the later is legal succession. The difference between the two lies in the fact that legal succession takes place only when the deceased leaves no last will. In my thesis I thoroughly processed the all the institutes of the Czech material law of succession. The first chapter introduces the meaning of the law of succession and its main principles, e.g. the principle of familiarity or the principle of free disposition. The second chapter concentrates main focus of my thesis and is furthermore sub-divided into sub- chapters. In the first sub-chapter I explain and give examples of the most important sources of law of succession. The second sub-chapter enumerates the premises of succession, i.e. death of the predecessor, existence of the inheritance, legal reason for succession and capacity to be heir. The third and fourth sub-chapters elaborate on the possibility of refusing the inheritance and the succession of debts. The fifth sub-chapter contains all the information about both means of succession - the legal succession and..