Katastrálny zákon s porovnaním úpravy v Českej republike

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Alexander Bröstl - Marta Breichová Lapčáková (eds.)

Collection of papers from session of the slovak section of the IVR

In accordance with its name, the collection is devoted to three framework areas consisting of the rule of law, justice and the future of democracy, reflecting the focus of the 31st World Congress of the International Association for the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy (IVR). Published contributions of the slovak section of the IVR are devoted to the present questions of the rule of law in relation to the democratic legal state. Principles of the rule of law and present questions connected to the democratic character of the Slovak republic, including the democratic procedures on the local level, are juxtaposed with shifts on the international and global scene. Individual contributions are thus devoted to the technical and biotechnological challenges of contemporary democracy, the manifestation of game theory in the search for consensus in collegial judicial bodies, or to the concept of loyal opposition in the ongoing judicial dialogue surrounding the application of law in the european legal space. Space is also devoted to the universal questions of the nature of legal science, and to the present and future of the rule of law. The collection thus goes beyond the borders of the slovak legal space and aims to understand current trends in a broader context.

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Publikácia obsahujúca právne predpisy týkajúce sa sociálneho poistenia, zdravotného poistenia, starobného dôchodkového sporenia, doplnkového dôchodkového sporenia, príspevkov a sociálnych služieb. Všetky právne predpisy obsahujú zmeny k 1. 1. 2026. Zmeny v zákonoch sú v texte prehľadne vyznačené. Hlavné témy: Sociálne poistenie, Starobné a doplnkové dôchodkové sporenie, Zdravotné poistenie, Sociálne služby

Titul obsahuje úplné znenie zákonov a súvisiacich predpisov:
Sociálne, dôchodkové, zdravotné a nemocenské poistenie (1. kapitola)
Zákon č. 461/2003 Z. z. o sociálnom poistení
Zákon č. 43/2004 Z. z. o starobnom dôchodkovom sporení
Zákon č. 650/2004 Z. z. o doplnkovom dôchodkovom sporení
Zdravotné poistenie (2. kapitola)
Zákon č. 580/2004 Z. z. o zdravotnom poistení
Sociálne zákony (2. kapitola)
Zákon č. 417/2013 Z. z. o pomoci v hmotnej núdzi
Opatrenie MPSVaR SR č. 365/2025 Z. z. o úprave súm pomoci v hmotnej núdzi
Zákon č. 601/2003 Z. z. o životnom minime s prehľadom opatrení MPSVaR SR
Opatrenie MPSVaR SR č. 168/2025 Z. z. o úprave súm životného minima
Zákon č. 453/2003 Z. z. o orgánoch štátnej správy v oblasti sociálnych vecí, rodiny a služieb zamestnanosti
Zákon č. 600/2003 Z. z. o prídavku na dieťa
Opatrenie MPSVaR SR č. 497/2021 Z. z. o úprave súm prídavku na dieťa a príplatku k prídavku na dieťa
Zákon č. 571/2009 Z. z. o rodičovskom príspevku
Opatrenie MPSVaR SR č. 366/2025 Z. z. o ustanovení sumy rodičovského príspevku
Zákon č. 561/2008 Z. z. o príspevku na starostlivosť o dieťa
Zákon č. 383/2013 Z. z. o príspevku pri narodení dieťaťa a príspevku na viac súčasne narodených detí
Zákon č. 201/2008 Z. z. o náhradnom výživnom
Zákon č. 627/2005 Z. z. o príspevkoch na podporu náhradnej starostlivosti o dieťa
Zákon č. 238/1998 Z. z. o príspevku na pohreb
Sociálne služby (2. kapitola)
Zákon č. 448/2008 Z. z. o sociálnych službách
Zákon č. 447/2008 Z. z. o peňažných príspevkoch na kompenzáciu ťažkého zdravotného postihnutia

Zákon o sociálnom poistení vymedzuje sociálne poistenie, upravuje rozsah sociálneho poistenia, právne vzťahy pri vykonávaní sociálneho poistenia, organizáciu sociálneho poistenia, financovanie sociálneho poistenia, dozor štátu nad vykonávaním sociálneho poistenia, konanie vo veciach sociálneho poistenia a konanie vo veciach vymáhania pohľadávok. na základe sociálneho poistenia odvádza podnikateľ či zamestnávateľ odvody do Sociálnej poisťovne na účely dôchodku, PN, alebo invalidného dôchodku. Okrem zákona o sociálnom poistení sú dôležitými právnymi predpismi zákon o starobnom dôchodkovom sporení, zákon o doplnkovom dôchodkovom sporení a zákon o 13. dôchodku.
Zdravotným poistením je povinné verejné zdravotné poistenie, na základe ktorého sa poskytuje poistencom verejného zdravotného poistenia za podmienok ustanovených týmto zákonom zdravotná starostlivosť a služby súvisiace s poskytovaním zdravotnej starostlivosti alebo individuálne zdravotné poistenie, na základe ktorého sa poskytuje poistencom individuálneho zdravotného poistenia zdravotná starostlivosť v rozsahu určenom v zmluve podľa osobitného predpisu.

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Radomír Jakab-Diana Repiščáková-Eva Berníková

Collection of contributions from the international scientific conference was created as part of the international scientific conference entitled "Administrative law without borders" held on October 19 and 20, 2023 in Tokaj in connection with the solution of the scientific project entitled "Extraterritorial effects of foreign administrative decisions in the conditions of the European Union " supported by a grant from the Scientific Grant Agency under no. 01/187/2022. The main goal of the mentioned project is the scientific investigation of the extraterritorial impact of administrative decisions of the member states of the European Union on the territory of other member states for the purpose of knowledge as well as the subsequent assessment of the need and extent of harmonization of the legislation of the member states of the European Union, perceiving the growing necessity of increasing the degree of free movement of administrative decisions in the conditions of the European of the Union. As part of the research project, an international scientific conference was held under the title "Administrative Law without Borders". At the conference, contributions were presented by members of the investigative team, who are also members of the Department of Constitutional Law and Administrative Law of the Faculty of Law of the University of Pavel Jozef Šafárik in Košice, as well as their colleagues from all over Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Hungary. The main goal of the conference was the presentation and confrontation of knowledge in the field of cross-border effects of administrative acts (primarily in the conditions of the European Union), perceiving the increasingly increasing globalization of law, as a result of which it is no longer possible to perceive national law separately, but in mutual contexts with the legal systems of other states , or with the right of transnational, or international organizations, as well as obligations arising for individual states from concluded international agreements. Individual sections and blocks of the conference also corresponded to this goal, within which not only knowledge from positive-legal disciplines, but also knowledge of a theoretical-legal and historical-legal nature was heard.

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Monika Minčičová - Marcel Dolobáč - Jana Žuľová (eds.)

Peer-reviewed proceedings of the scientific conference

Health determines an individual's life in all activities and interests, including the possibility and ability to work. Work and health are in the mutual interaction. Work leads to social inclusion, financial self-sufficiency, finding confirmation of one's own usefulness or achieving personal ambitions. Work can have therapeutic effects, but at the same time it can have an adverse effect on health.

Overlapping factors of work environment, alone or in combination with non-work influences, can lead to illnesses that temporarily or permanently exclude an employee from his or her profession. For these reasons, health enjoys fundamental legal protection as one of the most important values, not only in labour relations.

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Ján Klučka a kol.

The presented monograph, “Regionalism and Its Contribution to General International Law,” was prepared at the Institute of European Law and the Department of International Law of the Faculty of Law at Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice as part of a project of the same name (APVV-0823-11) carried out in the years 2011–2015, and represents one of its final publication outputs.

The main reason for choosing this topic was the effort to evaluate regionalism in its various forms in relation to international law, and, conversely, to assess the place, significance, and role of international law in the creation and functioning of different forms of regional groupings. In fact, although regionalism is receiving increasing attention in doctrine, a more comprehensive assessment of its impact on international law and vice versa has so far been lacking.

This monograph attempts to partially fill this gap. Against the background of a brief historical development of regionalism, as well as its substantive and terminological components, the monograph examines in greater detail the individual types of regionalism—such as old and new regionalism, as well as contractual and institutional regionalism—their specific features, and their contribution to general international law.

Attention is also devoted to a specific phenomenon of contemporary regionalism, namely the influence of the European Union on its stabilization and development, both through practical measures and through a set of measures regulated by international treaties.

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Martin Štrkolec

Anotation Within the university textbook, the author focuses on the introduction to the criminal law of procedural and criminal proceedings, especially in terms of its purpose, individual parts and stages, subjects, procedural acts, decisions, as well as the costs of criminal proceedings. This publication is intended for easier orientation in the basics of criminal procedural law, on which it is possible to build qualified knowledge within the following legal branches or legal institutes. The methodology presented in the publication represents a concentrated form of individual provisions of the relevant generally binding legal regulations, while arguments of criminal law doctrine.

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Adrián Popovič  - Jozef Sábo

Reviewed proceedings from the student symposium organized on the occasion of IV. Slovak-Czech days of tax law.

The International Scientific Conference IV. Slovak-Czech days of tax law was held 16th - 18th June 2021 in Košice (Faculty of Law of Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice). On this occasion, a student symposium on the topic: "Current Challenges of Tax Law" was organized for students of the Pavol Jozef Šafárik University Faculty of Law in Košice on 15th June 2021. The focus of the symposium was chosen due to the content of the grant project APVV-19-0124 entitled "Tax law and new phenomena in the economy (digital services, shared economy, virtual currencies)", which is currently being addressed at the Department of Financial Law, Tax Law and Economy, Faculty of Law, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice. The output of this symposium is a reviewed proceeding of papers, in which students focus on examining the current challenges of tax law. In this context, students examine not only the current challenges in the field of real estate tax and the introduction of taxation based on their market value of real estate, the decision-making of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the field of direct taxation and indirect taxation, but also new and extremely current taxation issues of cryptoactive (virtual currency) taxation, not only in the Slovak Republic but also in the world. The authors also assess in detail the current situation in the research area, and they also present de lege ferenda proposals that could contribute to the development and improvement of several aspects of taxation, which is a benefit not only for legal science but also for application practice.

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Ľudmila Pošiváková -  Zuzana Antošová - Milan Kočan (eds.)

Proceedings from the Student Debate held on April 24, 2013, at the Faculty of Law of Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice.

In the current period, the rule of law is widely debated both at the academic and political levels. This debate is not only related to the effort to establish the Rule of Law in states that have transitioned from socialist to democratic systems but also in states experiencing various unrests, whether political or religious.

However, it is not just a debate about certain characteristics of the Rule of Law that are missing in domestic law or at the level of international law, but also a debate about the very definition and meaning of the Rule of Law. The rule of law can be likened to an ideal that almost every state strives to achieve. Even in the case of the establishment of the independent Slovak Republic, the framers decided to include among the introductory provisions, which should form the core of the constitution, that the Slovak Republic is a state governed by the rule of law.

However, to achieve the ideal of the rule of law, it is necessary not only to declare it but also to adopt measures essential for an independent judiciary, democracy, the effective enforcement of human rights, the separation of powers, and many other elements that characterize a state governed by the rule of law.

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Novelizovaný Trestný zákon s aktualizovanými dôvodovými správami ZÁKON Č. 300/2005 Z. Z. TRESTNÝ ZÁKON V ZNENÍ ZÁKONA Č. 650/2005 Z. Z., ZÁKONA Č. 692/2006 Z. Z., ZÁKONA Č. 218/2007 Z. Z., ZÁKONA Č. 491/2008 Z. Z., ZÁKONA Č. 497/2008 Z. Z., ZÁKONA Č. 498/2008 Z. Z., ZÁKONA Č. 59/2009 Z. Z., ZÁKONA Č. 257/2009 Z. Z., ZÁKONA Č. 317/2009 Z. Z., ZÁKONA Č. 492/2009 Z. Z., ZÁKONA Č. 576/2009 Z. Z., ZÁKONA Č. 224/2010 Z. Z., ZÁKONA Č. 547/2010 Z. Z., ZÁKONA Č. 33/2011 Z. Z., ZÁKONA Č. 262/2011 Z. Z., ZÁKONA Č. 313/2011 Z. Z., ZÁKONA Č. 246/2012 Z. Z., ZÁKONA Č. 334/2012 Z. Z., NÁLEZU ÚSTAVNÉHO SÚDU SLOVENSKEJ REPUBLIKY Č. 428/2012 Z. Z., UZNESENIA ÚSTAVNÉHO SÚDU SLOVENSKEJ REPUBLIKY Č. 189/2013 Z. Z., ZÁKONA Č. 204/2013 Z. Z., ZÁKONA Č. 1/2014 Z. Z., NÁLEZU ÚSTAVNÉHO SÚDU SLOVENSKEJ REPUBLIKY Č. 260/2014 Z. Z., ZÁKONA Č. 73/2015 Z. Z., ZÁKONA Č. 78/2015 Z. Z., ZÁKONA Č. 87/2015 Z. Z., ZÁKONA Č. 174/2015 Z. Z., ZÁKONA Č. 397/2015 Z. Z., ZÁKONA Č. 398/2015 Z. Z., ZÁKONA Č. 440/2015 Z. Z., ZÁKONA Č. 444/2015 Z. Z., ZÁKONA Č. 91/2016 Z. Z., ZÁKONA Č. 125/2016 Z. Z., ZÁKONA Č. 316/2016 Z. Z., ZÁKONA Č. 264/2017 Z. Z., ZÁKONA Č. 274/2017 Z. Z., ZÁKONA Č. 161/2018 Z. Z., ZÁKONA Č. 321/2018 Z. Z., ZÁKONA Č. 35/2019 Z. Z., NÁLEZU ÚSTAVNÉHO SÚDU SLOVENSKEJ REPUBLIKY Č. 38/2019 Z. Z., ZÁKONA Č. 214/2019 Z. Z., ZÁKONA Č. 420/2019 Z. Z., ZÁKONA Č. 474/2019 Z. Z., ZÁKONA Č. 288/2020 Z. Z., ZÁKONA Č. 312/2020 Z. Z., ZÁKONA Č. 236/2021 Z. Z., ZÁKONA Č. 357/2021 Z. Z., ZÁKONA Č. 105/2022 Z. Z., A ZÁKONA Č. 111/2022 Z. Z. A ZÁKONA Č. 117/2023 Z.Z.

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Ján Klučka et al.

The aim of the current monograph is to provide comprehensive view of the status of regional judicial organs in current conditions of regionalism. Based on selected issues examined in individual chapters research team presents the comprehensive study focused on clarification of the status and significance of regional judicial organs in terms of new regionalism.

Research of the role of regional courts in the system of peaceful settlement of disputes demonstrates the significant role of the regional courts within the promotion of the rule of law, regional integration and also significant role of regional courts to ensure legal certainty within the system of compliance with decisions of regional courts. The result of examination of possibilities of individuals to access to regional judicial organs is comparative evaluation of regional possibilities of individual to defend his/her rights within regional courts of various regions. Particular part of this area is the right to an effective remedy and to a fair trial as basic rights within the proceedings of regional judicial organs. Within the examination of preliminary rulings of international regional courts of different regions the role of regional judicial organs in the process of effective implementation of the principle of the rule of law was the subject of examination.

For the proper functioning of the regional judicial organs as well as independence of judges and legal certainty in International law, the ethical rules of international judicial organs and tribunals, which are the subject of the last chapter, are significant.

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Publikácia obsahujúca najdôležitejšie právne predpisy z pracovnoprávnej oblastí, miezd, zamestnanosti, BOZP a správneho práva. Všetky právne predpisy obsahujú zmeny k 1. 1. 2026 a sú uvádzané v úplnom znení. Zmeny v zákonoch sú v texte prehľadne vyznačené. Hlavné témy: Zákonník práce, Minimálna mzda, Služby zamestnanosti, Inšpekcia práce, BOZP, Ochrana osobných údajov.

Titul obsahuje úplné znenie zákonov a súvisiacich predpisov pre rok 2026:
Zákonník práce (1. kapitola)
Zákon č. 311/2001 Z. z. Zákonník práce
Mzdové predpisy (2. kapitola)
Zákon NR č. 663/2007 Z. z. o minimálnej mzde
Zákon č. 462/2003 Z. z. o náhrade príjmu pri dočasnej pracovnej neschopnosti zamestnanca
Zákon NR SR č. 241/1993 Z. z. o štátnych sviatkoch, dňoch pracovného pokoja a pamätných dňoch
Zákon č. 215/2021 Z. z. o podpore v čase skrátenej práce
Oznámenie MPSVaR SR č. 245/2025 Z. z. o sume minimálnej mzdy na rok 2026
Oznámenie MPSVaR SR č. 244/2025 Z. z. o sumách minimálnych mzdových nárokov na rok 2026
Zamestnanosť (3. kapitola)
Zákon č. 5/2004 Z. z. o službách zamestnanosti
Zákon č. 404/2011 Z. z. o pobyte cudzincov
Zákon č. 351/2015 Z. z. o cezhraničnej spolupráci pri vysielaní zamestnancov na výkon prác pri poskytovaní služieb
Pedagogickí zamestnanci (4. kapitola)
Zákon č. 138/2019 Z. z. o pedagogických zamestnancoch a odborných zamestnancoch
Bezpečnosť a ochrana zdravia pri práci (5. kapitola)
Zákon NR SR č. 124/2006 Z. z. o bezpečnosti a ochrane zdravia práci
Zákon č. 82/2005 Z. z. o nelegálnej práci a nelegálnom zamestnávaní
Zákon č. 125/2006 Z. z. o inšpekcii práce
Správne právo (6. kapitola)
Zákon č. 18/2018 Z. z. o ochrane osobných údajov
Zákon č. 54/2019 Z. z. o ochrane oznamovateľov protispoločenskej činnosti

Podľa Zákonníka práce má každý právo na prácu a na slobodnú voľbu zamestnania, na spravodlivé a uspokojivé pracovné podmienky a na ochranu proti svojvoľnému prepusteniu zo zamestnania. Tieto práva má každý zamestnanec bez akýchkoľvek obmedzení a diskriminácie.  Zamestnávateľ  má podľa Zákonníka práce právo na slobodný výber zamestnancov. Zamestnávateľ určuje podmienky a spôsob uplatnenia tohto práva, ak Zákonník práce, osobitný predpis alebo medzinárodná zmluva, ktorou je Slovenská republika viazaná, neustanovuje inak. Zamestnávateľ je právnická osoba alebo fyzická osoba, ktorá zamestnáva aspoň jednu fyzickú osobu v pracovnoprávnom vzťahu, a ak to ustanovuje osobitný predpis aj v obdobnom pracovnom vzťahu. Zamestnávateľom je aj organizačná jednotka zamestnávateľa, ak to ustanovujú osobitné predpisy alebo stanovy podľa osobitného predpisu.

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Alena Krunková (ed.)

Proceedings of the Scientific Conference Held on June 28, 2016 at the Faculty of Law of Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice in connection with the implementation of the project “The European Union and Its Impact on the Organization and Functioning of Public Administration in the Slovak Republic” – approved under number MVZP – SK PRES/2016/134

The Slovak Republic, as a member state of the European Union, is undertaking a historic role associated with the Presidency of the Council of the European Union within the presidency trio. At the beginning of 2016, the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic announced a call for applications for grants for 2016 in the field of international relations and foreign policy, specifically focused on the Slovak Republic’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The Faculty of Law of Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice responded to this call and obtained a project aimed at carrying out research activities through a series of events focused on regional self-government in the Slovak Republic in the context of its role within the European Union. The Faculty has long been engaged with issues of European Union law both in its teaching and in the scientific research activities of its individual faculty members. The project aims to enrich this portfolio with special activities targeting not only professionals, but also students and the general public.

The first activity of the project was a conference entitled “The European Union and Its Impact on the Organization and Functioning of Public Administration in the Slovak Republic – Development So Far, Current State, and Perspectives.” The conference was attended by invited public officials, representatives of academia, and representatives of local government, as one of the main goals of the project is to connect the academic community with the practical sphere and thus involve practitioners in the planned activities within the project.

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Ladislav Orosz, Martina Makaturová

This scientific volume has been published as an output of the VEGA grant project No. 1/0474/24 Audit of Slovak Electoral and Referendum Legislation. Thematically, it focuses on the issue of the legal regulation of election campaigns and a critical analysis of the experience of its application in electoral practice. On this basis, the authors also formulate proposals for improving the current legal framework of election campaigns.

The proceedings include contributions presented at the scientific conference of the same name held in May 2025. The volume contains papers not only from domestic but also from foreign authors, who present the legal regulation of election campaigns in their respective home countries. Contributions from academics are complemented and enriched by those of representatives of non-governmental organizations engaged in election and campaign monitoring, as well as by contributions from authors working in public authorities responsible for the administration of elections and for overseeing the constitutionality and legality of elections.

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Dušan Šlosár - Vladimír Lichner

This university textbook aims to provide readers with knowledge of the philosophical foundations, meaning, and purpose of mediation, based on research and analysis of mediators' activities. In countries where mediation services operate, their staff often include graduates of social work departments.

An individual approach to both the perpetrator and victim of a criminal offense requires knowledge and skills from social work, psychology, sociology, communication, and related fields tied to social work. The principles of social work apply not only in social policy and social care but also in justice. A mediator’s mission is to facilitate alternative resolutions to unlawful acts while preserving the purpose of legal proceedings as defined by valid legal norms. They fulfill this mission through specific methods of individual social work applied in the justice sector. The mediator’s focus extends beyond the current conflict to uncover related issues, activate parties to resolve disputes, and prevent new conflicts.

Special attention is devoted to the philosophical foundations of mediation in Slovakia. We provide an overview of mediators’ core activities and mediation types used to uphold justice in Slovakia. We analyze mediation goals, the roles of parties involved, and procedural steps. In applying mediation, we explore its potential and implementation in both legal and social work contexts.

As indicated, mediation cannot be understood solely as a specialized activity in criminal justice, as it has broader applications in non-judicial dispute resolution, such as family or community work, which are often overlooked by the public. The mediator’s approach to diverse target groups is grounded in theoretical frameworks. From this foundation, we derive activities expected of mediators in the future. Expanded activities arise from concrete situations encountered during mediation.

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Jozef Suchoža - Ján Husár - Regina Hučková (eds.)

Collection of Scientific Works

The scientific papers presented in this Collection are primarily the result of academic research conducted by experts working within the academic environment—particularly at Faculties of Law in the Slovak Republic and the Czech Republic, as well as by foreign experts, including those from Poland, the Russian Federation, Serbia, and others. In addition to academic contributions, this Collection also includes scientific and professional articles authored by legal practitioners, especially lawyers, notaries, and judges—not only from our own jurisdiction, but also judges from the General Court of the European Union. Contributions from professionals in the field of banking have also enriched this Collection. Moreover, the Collection provides space for aspiring scholars in the field of legal science, thereby combining timelessness with dynamism.

Given the diversity of the published contributions, it can be said that this Collection represents a connection between theory and practice, private and public law, as well as various branches of law. Nevertheless, the content of this Collection aligns with and reflects the central theme of the international symposium, namely: "CORPORATIONS – CONTRACTS – CODIFICATIONS – CONTEXTS." The individual sections of the Collection are interconnected and create a coherent whole, subsumed under a publication characterized by unity.

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Žofia Mrázová - Ján Husár - Jaroslav Dolný a kol.

The publication "Volené orgány kapitálových spoločností. Vybrané otázky" focuses on the assessment of legal aspects of the performance of corporate boards members and on solving application problems regarding relations arising between members of the board of directors and supervisory board and the company itself.

The first part of the publication deals with the basic conceptual preconditions to become members of elected corporate boards, including conditions for their appointment and removal. Among the issues addressed is also the required standard of performance of corporate boards members in relation to the concept of professional care and duty of loyalty. Remuneration of elected board members as well as the possibility of opposing the contract for performance are also analysed.

The application problems partly extend to bankruptcy law when examining the obligations of board of directors after the bankruptcy of a company, specifically in matters of the emergence of special liability of the board of directors as well as their performance even after the bankruptcy.

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