CYIL vol. 8 (2017)

CYIL 8 ȍ2017Ȏ

SURVEY OF CZECH INTERNATIONAL LAW BIBLIOGRAPHY

SURVEY OF CZECH INTERNATIONAL LAW BIBLIOGRAPHY

The Survey covers Czech books, articles, chapters and conference proceedings dealing with international law and also texts of Czech authors published abroad that appeared during 2016 and the first half of 2017. It includes also selected texts focused on private international law, European Law and the Czech constitutional law that all reflect international law aspects. The division between sections I and II in part B is indicative only; many articles deal with public international as well as private international (or also European or municipal) aspects of analysed issues. Regarding monographs, all but one of them were written by authors and groups of authors connected with universities in Prague, Brno and Olomouc. Whereas there is no research institution focused exclusively on international law in the Czech Republic, the key role of law faculties (and in some cases of their own specialized research centers) is obvious. The development of international jurisprudence in Czech Republic is supported significantly also by the Czech Society of International Law, which has more than one hundred associated scholars, academics and practitioners nowadays. Among a number of Czech legal journals, the Czech Yearbook of public and private international law published by the Czech Society of International Law and indexed in the SCOPUS database has confirmed its pivotal position. Twenty five articles published in the CYIL in 2016 covered international criminal law, international organisations, the relation between international and European law, international human rights law and humanitarian law, investment law and arbitration and Czech practice of international law. Many texts devoted to public and private international law were published also in other significant Czech legal journals issued by research institutions and universities, e. g. Právník [Lawyer] (issued by The Institute of State and Law in Prague), Acta Universitatis Carolinae Iuridica (Law Faculty, Charles University in Prague), Časopis pro právní vědu a praxi [Journal of Jurisprudence and Legal Practice] or Acta Iuridica Olomucensia (Law Faculty, Palacký University in Olomouc). Just as in recent past years, the number of books, chapters, articles and contributions of Czech authors published abroad continues to grow. Translations in brackets were not authorized; however in most cases they were taken over from databases of publishing activities maintained by particular universities and research institutions in the Czech Republic.

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