Compensation of damage under civil law

This master's degree thesis refers to legal regulation of the compensation of damage under civil law. The main purpose of my thesis is to analyze and evaluate current Czech legal regulation of the compensation of damage in civil law. The interpretation is based on regulation in the Civil Code, namely Act no. 40/1964. Coll., as amended, whereas deviations arising from commercial and employment compensation regulation are omitted. The paper offers an overview of the opinions of the leading legal experts on fundamental issues of compensation. The interpretation includes analysis of relevant decision-making practice of courts and a comparison with the legislation in projects of European tort law. The thesis also contains an overview of the most significant changes brought by the forthcoming new Civil Code, in case it is adopted. The thesis is composed of nine chapters, each of them dealing with different aspects of the matter. The first chapter is introductory. It is followed by the second chapter named "General characteristics of liability for damage" which includes definition of legal liability, outline of historical development of the legislation in our country, its current and future forms and functions of compensation. Chapter Three focuses on the analysis of general assumptions of the liability, including..