Right of succesion

Resumé The following dissertation is entitled "the Law of Succession" and deals with the rights of iheritance and some questions related to it. The first part of the dissertation defines the law of succession and its basic principles. The second part illustrates how the law of succession had developed in the history of the Czech Republic. In particular, it deals in greater detail with the adjustment of the law of succession according to the Civil Code from 1812, as the author considers this adjustment to be the crucial for both older and latest codifications. Further the dissertation deals with the adjustment and basic changes in the Civil Codes from 1950 and 1964. In the last part, the author discusses the contemporary Civil Code and some questions relating to the course of inheritance proceedings. The author analyzes the proces of inheritance itself, the existence of property included in the right of inheritance, the reason for the right of inheritance relating to a concrete person, disinheritance, the will of testator, intestacy and inheritance by will. Finally, the author introduces the Bill of the new Czech Civil Code