Právník
Právník (The Lawyer), the “flagship“ of the Institute, is the oldest legal periodical published in the Czech Republic; it embodies the unique tradition of Czech legal scholarship.
As a general law journal, it features articles and comments on all important developments and relevant issues in legal theory and international, EU and national law. It regularly publishes book reviews and annotations on current titles, and it also reports on major conferences, seminars, and legal events in the Czech Republic and abroad. Occasionnally, Právník also presents legal materials that pertain to current legal issues. Although Právník addresses especially the Czech audience (articles are in Czech or Slovak only), foreign readers can take advantage of English summaries a keywords of its main articles and studies. Právník is a peer-reviewed journal, and it welcomes papers on any topical legal issue.
Current Issue: 1/2026
Articles
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The Role of Provocationes in Shaping the Concept of the Declaratory Action
Czech original: Význam provokací pro koncepci určovací žaloby
Lenka Šromová -
How Should Laws be Made? Lex Babiš II as an Unconvincing Answer by the Fourth Constitutional Court
Czech original: Jakým způsobem mají být vytvářeny zákony? Lex Babiš II jako nepřesvědčivá odpověď čtvrtého Ústavního soudu
Gor Vartazaryan – Ondřej Preuss -
Judicial Power on the Borderline between Law and Politics
Czech original: Justícia na pomedzí práva a politiky
Michaela Sečková -
The Delicate Balance between the Interests of the Creditor and the Debtor’s Spouse in Execution
Czech original: Křehká rovnováha mezi zájmy oprávněného a manžela povinného v exekuci
Aneta Jančíková -
Legal Pluralism in the Ottoman Empire Since the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century and Marriage Law
Czech original: Právní pluralismus v Osmanské říši od druhé poloviny devatenáctého století a manželské právo
Karolína Hanzlová – Lenka Bezoušková
Glosses
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One Myth about the Pardon for Václav Havel
Czech original: K jednomu mýtu ohledně milosti pro Václava Havla
Jan Kudrna