Civil liability of state for harm caused by delays in civil proceeding

The doctoral thesis applies to the legal institute of state liability for damage caused by the excessive length of civil proceeding. It is one of the specific merits of case of the compensation obligations, which is regulated by the special law: Act No. 82/1998 Coll, on liability for damages by the exercise of public authority, as amended. The thesis applies to prerequisites of the state obligation for compensation of the damage as mentioned above. It judges the legislation de lege lata according the special law as well as in terms of comparing this special legislation with new legislation of liability in tort according Act No. 89/2012 Coll., Civil Code, as amended. It applies procedural requirements of the state obligation for compensation of the damage. In the thesis penetrates also assessment of the judgments of czech justice together with the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights. The thesis deals with the experiences of judgments of general courts and it judges judgments with the existing judgments of the European Court of Human Rights, the Supreme Court and the Constitutional Court. In closing the thesis includes reflections about possible changes in legislation de lege ferenda, which was influenced mainly if the new general legislation of the civil law