Search academic resources

In this article the author deals with the Herman Melville’s fiction “Billy Budd” from the perspective of the current “law and literature”. So firstly he contextualizes this book in writer’s work whereas he al...

Model Effort Reward Imbalance (ERI) belongs to the basic concepts of mapping workplace stress. It examines the relationship between the long-term subjectively perceived level of workers’ effort and rewards and analyses...

Book review on Petr Fiala, (M)univerzita. Poslání, výzvy a proměny ve 21. století. B & P Publishing, Munipress, Brno 2019, 228 s., ISBN 978-80-7485-184-1.

In his article, the author deals with the issue of the “nationalization” of civil rights in the USA, by which, in the context of the issue, he means primarily the incorporation of civil liberties contained in the fed...

The paper deals with atypical elements in the organization of public administration in the Czech Republic. It seeks to define the essence and possible causes of organizational “atypicality” (deviations, exceptions, a...

Approximately 100 thousand men of Czech origin died during the wartime operations in the years 1914 to 1918. The majority were aged between 23 and 35. The reproductive losses have been estimated at another 610 thousand (...

This article discusses the possibility of reform that is church-friendly, and to that end engages in a brief historical analysis of relevant historical periods (Gregorian reform, German reformation, Church renewal in 20t...

This contribution outlines the state of university buildings, especially buildings of the Charles University, after the Second World War. It focuses especially on the situation of the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics o...

Radecki, Wojciech. Prawna ochrona środowiska w Polsce, Czechoslowacji, Czechach i Slowacji. Studium prawnoporównawcze. Warszawa: Prokuratura Krajowa, 2020, 432 s.

The practise of hermeneutics originates in a theological context, and indeed, the work of Hans-Georg Gadamer has exerted an influence over theologians and religious persons for the last half century. What if any relevanc...

Book review on Roman Baron, Misja życia. Praski polonista Marian Szyjkowski (1883–1952) a idea polsko-czeskiego zbliżenia na polu kultury. Instytut Historii im Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk – Historick...

Constitutional and administrative law are two related branches of law. But are the boundaries separating constitutional and administrative law truly clear? Many excellent experts in public law have already answered this ...

The article describes the judicial review of fiscal rules within the European Union and its impact on the budgetary responsibility of member states. It focuses on the legal framework of fiscal responsibility at both the ...

Editorial

The topic of this paper is the conflict of interest of close persons in the civil service, specifically in the context of selection procedures. The present text focuses on the existing rules that address conflicts of int...

The following article outlines certain aspects of railway transport in Eastern Bohemia on the Pardubice – Česká Třebová line based on its own field sociological research from the personnel side. In their statements...

This study investigates the aesthetic of direct gaze as expressed in Gert Ledig’s novel Vergeltung and in Stig Dagerman’s collection of reportages Tysk höst. The article analyses the different modalities of gazing i...

Main objective of the article is to explore the sociological implications of the conceptual metaphor theory, which is based on the idea that metaphors are not only discursive ornaments, but rather the basic principle of ...

Book review: Sv. Ambróz. Výklad vyznania viery. O sviatostiach. O tajemstvách. Miloš Lichner – Róbert Horka (ed.). Starokresťanská knižnica 9. Trnava: Dobrá kniha, 2017, 308 s. ISBN 978-80-8191-065-4.

The institute of dos (dowry) represented a significant legal and socio-cultural phenomenon in ancient societies, particularly in Greek and Roman legal traditions. Far beyond a mere institute of matrimonial property law, ...

The paper deals with the motto written on the flag of the president of Czechoslovakia, “Truth Prevails”. It is usually associated with T. G. Masaryk, the first president of Czechoslovakia, and Václav Havel, its last...

The paper focuses on the question of the importance of the theological justification of human rights. Firstly, it reflects in which way the philosophical and theological rationale of human rights is present in the curren...

The myth of Lucretia, the wife of Collatinus, raped by Sextus Tarquinius – the son of the last Roman king – is very influential in the Classical and Medieval literature, likewise in the Modern times in the different ...

The publication of Emigrant Literature, the first volume of Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature (1872–1890), constituted Georg Brandes’ breakthrough work and the beginning of his career as a European lite...