The legal consequences of defects of marriage in Czech and English law

I have chosen" The legal consequences of defects of marriage in Czech and English law" as the topic of my thesis for several reasons. A new statute No. 89/2012 Sb. will enter into effect on January 1st 2014 and will newly regulate the area of family law in a comprehensive manner. The general public and lawyers are not fully aware of the new legal regulation and therefore I would like to outline the new regulation focusing on legal consequences of defects of marriage. The purpose of my thesis is to compare the legal consequences of defects of marriage in Czech and English law and to point out the fundamental differences in both legal systems. The chapters dealing with Czech legal regulation are based on valid but not effective statute, No. 89/2012 Sb., the Civil Code. The chapters presenting English legal regulation are based exclusively on effective statutes. The thesis compares the two legal systems in the area of legal consequences of defects of marriage. The English legislation is more extensive and detailed. I was introduced to the English legislation during the exchange study programme on Northumbria University in Newcastle, UK. The Northumbria University unlike Charles University attaches to study of nullity law high importance. The nullity law is considered to be a building block of family..