Magdalena Pfeiffer

Charles University in Prague | CUNI · Katedra obchodního práva

The paper examines legal certainty and predictability in the context of the youngest field of EU private international law–succession law. The author looks at the extent to which the provisions of the EU Succession Regulation provide for legal certainty and predictability in enabling EU citizens to plan their international estates in advance. The p...

This chapter offers a general overview of legislation on mediation in the Czech Republic. The implementation of Directive 2008/52/EC of the European Parliament and Council on the 21st of May 2008 on certain aspects of mediation in civil and commercial matters has triggered interest in the concept of mediation in the Czech Republic that has no long...

Despite both regional and international attempts at harmonisation and unification of private international law, new national codifications are still being adopted. The article draws attention to some selected issues of the new Czech Private International Law Act that reflect modern trends in private international law, providing a comparative analys...

The article attempts to analyse the new Czech Act on Private International Law, its starting points, structure and content, but also to reflect of the future perspectives of national private international law legislation within the European Union. The core question is: does it still make sense to adopt new national private international law legisla...