Housing co-ownership: Comparison of legal regulation of selected institutes in Law No. 72/1994 Coll. and Law No. 89/2012 Coll.

After nearly a decade of efforts the work on the New Civil Code (NCC) was crowned. New Civil Law was published in the Collection of Laws as Law No. 89/2012 Coll. and its efficiency is determined for 1st January 2014. In the conclusion of the work the regulation of housing ownership was incorporated into NCC. Previously the separate Law No. 72/1994 Coll. has been reserved for this regulation and this condition was envisaged for the period of effectiveness of NCC. The chosen topic "Housing co-ownership: Comparison of legal regulation of selected institutes in Law No. 72/1994 Coll. and Law No. 89/2012 Coll." responds to the upcoming legislative changes. The thesis is composed of three parts, each of them dealing with different aspects, that are internally divided into sections and subsections. The first part is devoted to theoretical issues of housing ownership in the two compared regulations. The historical development of housing ownership, separate theoretical concepts, including subordination of regulations to a specific concept of the housing ownership institute, are briefly mentioned. In a separate chapter, starting points, the concept and the legal definition of "Housing co-ownership" as an institute of the New Civil Code are outlined. A detailed comparison of the two regulations in terms of the..