The New Civil Code – a Copernican Turn or “Merely” Rational Continuity?
The New Civil Code is often presented as a fundamental milestone in the recodification of private law, aspiring to overcome the existing limitations of the current legal framework. This section focuses on an expert discussion of whether the proposed codification constitutes a genuine “Copernican turn” — that is, a shift of paradigm in the understanding of the subjects, values, and functions of civil law — or whether it rather represents an evolutionary development building upon existing doctrinal and case-law foundations. Attention will be paid to the axiological foundations of the proposed regulation, the structure and internal coherence of the Code, as well as its relationship to European trends in private law. The aim of this section is to create a space for critical reflection on the scope and nature of the proposed changes and to identify their practical implications for legal theory, legal practice, and the legal certainty of the addressees of the law.
Guarantors of the section:
prof. JUDr. Marek Števček, DrSc.
prof. JUDr. Svetlana Ficová, CSc.
doc. Mgr. Lenka Dufalová, PhD.
doc. JUDr. Martin Križan, PhD.