Concentration of proceedings in civil procedure

Concentration of proceedings in the czech civil lawsuit The principle of concentration can be ranked among the most important elements of the modern civil procedure, mostly because it is closely connected with the right to a fair hearing and the protection of the basic human rights and freedoms, which are guaranteed by the European convention of human rights and also by the Constitution of the Czech republic. The right to a fair hearing, or the right to hear the case in a reasonable time was and unfortunately still is from time to time breached by inadequate lengthening of the lawsuits. The promptitude of providing wardship appears as one of the elementary prerequisites of the proper functioning of judicial system and at the same time as one of the most important problems of contemporary justice. One of the components which may help to solve this problem can be the principle of concentration. The main purpose of this diploma thesis is to analyse the principle of concentration in the czech civil lawsuit and compare the past and present legal regulation of it. The reason for my research is, as stated above, that the phenomenon of concentration of proceedings is nowadays very current and widely discussed topic in the Czech republic. The basis for this debates has been the enactment of the statute nr...