Matrimonial property regimes in Italian and Czech law

Matrimonial property regimes in Italian and Czech law Resumé This master thesis deals with matrimonial property regimes under the Italian Civil Code and the Czech Civil Code. This issue is significant not only from the perspective of spouses and their families, but also important for everybody who makes contract with a spouse. The purpose of this thesis is to analyse and compare Italian and Czech provisions related to marital property regimes and to point out similarities and differences between them. This thesis consists of an introduction, three parts that are further divided into chapters and a conclusion. The first part is an analysis of Italian provisions. It deals with the fundamental principles of the Italian legal system and matrimonial property regimes as codified in the Codice civile. First of all, it examines statutory community of property, marital assets (marital property, deferred community of property and liabilities), personal property and also deals with mandatory rules of the management of marital assets. Then it deals with contractual regimes, namely the separation of property, the property fund and other marital and prenuptial agreements. Subsequently, it examines the termination of community of property and the division of marital assets. The second part concerns the Czech provisions..