International Civil Procedure in the European Union - Selected Issues focusing on jurisdiction under Regulation 44/2001, Brussels I

RESUMÉ (SUMMARY) International civil procedural law in EU - selected issues focusing on jurisdiction according to the Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001, Brussels I This thesis deals with the jurisdiction according to the Council Regulation (EC) No 44/2001 of 22 December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters, so-called Brussels I Regulation. The reason why I have chosen this topic is that in my opinion the knowledge in this subject is at the present time very important for the practice of every lawyer in the European Union, because the rules of the Brussels I Regulation regulating which courts have jurisdiction in legal disputes of a civil or commercial nature between individuals resident in different member states of the European Union are valid and directly applicable in all Member States. The main purpose of this thesis is to determine particular rules of jurisdiction and their interrelations and to describe in detail the rules of special jurisdiction according to articles 5,6 and 7 of the Brussels I Regulation, above all on the strength of the judicature of the European Court of Justice. The introductory part of the thesis defines basic conceptions of International civil procedural law and its history in EU, sources of law in the Czech..