Changes of Land Ownership Rights in Bohemia after 1918

99 R E S U M E Due to numerous interventions into ownership right to immovable property in general and land in particular, namely from the part of the state, which have occurred in remote and recent past since the creation of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, it is impossible to speak about long-term continuity of legal status. This applies, in particular, to the two land reforms which occurred as a result of two revolutionary changes of social relations - the first one (the "first land reform") after 1918 and the second one (the "second land reform") after 1948. As regards the first land reform, I have focused on key relevant legislation: Act No. 32/1918 Coll. on attachment of large land estates, Act No. 215/1919 Coll. on the appropriation of large land property (the Appropriation Act), Act No. 329/1920 Coll. (the Compensation Act) and Act No. 81/1920 Coll., the Allotment Act. Under the Appropriation Act, agricultural property with the area in excess of 150 hectares of arable land or of 250 hectares of total land area was appropriated, meaning that the original owner could no longer dispose of it. Under the Allotment Act, the state then regulated the process of allotment of agricultural land and forests to allottees, mostly individuals, but also to various associations, cooperatives, etc. In this..