Duty to assert and duty to prove in civil procedure

Duty to assert and duty to prove in civil proceedings Abstract The rigorous thesis deals with the duty to assert and the duty to prove in civil court proceedings with a focus on the burden of proof, its division and transfer between the participants in the proceedings. The work focuses mainly on litigation. The issue of the rules of division of the burden of proof is still relevant, because for the success of a party to the dispute it is absolutely essential to fulfill the duty to assert and the duty to prove and subsequently bear the burden of assertion and the burden of proof. The aim of the thesis is to analyze in detail the procedural obligations and burdens that are carried by the participants in civil proceedings. The focus of the work is the question of the division of the burden of proof between the parties to the proceedings and its transfer between the parties to the dispute. The rigorous work is divided into an introduction, seven chapters and a conclusion. The introductory chapter describes general interpretations of evidence and the principles of civil procedure. The second chapter is devoted to the history of court proceedings and the development of the functioning of justice in the Czech Republic to state the context of the current concept of procedural obligations of the parties to court..