Foundations and benevolent funds under Czech law

NADACE A NADAČNÍ FOND V ČESKÉM PRÁVU 56 THE ABSTRACT The Foundation and Endowment Fund in Czech Law This graduation thesis is primarily aimed at legal regulation of foundation and endowment fund in Czech law. The purpose of this work is to focus on the status of the foundations and endowment funds as a legal entity and the basics of this concept. At first, the work traces the history of subjects similar to nowadays form of foundations and try to find the moment, from when this entities became the separate legal person. Secondly, this thesis analyses contemporary legal regulation of this special form of legal entity in Czech Republic. It is aimed at the main attributes of legal entities and this attributes, which we can find in the legal form of foundations and endowment funds. Further we class the foundation according the general typology of legal entities in Czech law. Main emphasis is then placed on the foundation purpose. Because it is key subject-matter for the both understanding of the foundations aim and understanding of the sole functions and activities of foundations and endowment funds. Besides the work outlines the basic themes of foundational law, such as question of its incorporation, internal organization, statutory bodies, its end and some more. Finally the thesis brings the estimation of..