Czech Yearbook of International Law - Public Policy and Ordre Public - 2012

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We are proud to present to our readers Czech Yearbook of International Law 2012, Volume 3.

The overarching topic of this volume, Public Policy and Ordre Public turns its focus to the doctrine which is inherently connected with private international law, which is true only at first glance. The problem of Public Policy and Ordre Public is intertwined more deeply in the national legal orders than virtually any legal branch. However, the platform of private international law through which these doctrines emerge and find its strongest application is in the cross-border traffic of the court and extra-court decisions. In these relationships, the most important differences in understanding the extent and nature of these terms take shape.

The third volume of the Czech Yearbook of International Law focuses on the uncovering of national differences and the comparison of such doctrines in a global perspective. CYIL 2012 takes into account the completely different connotations given to both doctrines in the United States and the Common Law countries in continental Europe.

Institutions participating in the CYIL Project:

Academic institutions within Czech Republic:

- Masaryk University (Brno), Faculty of Law, Department of International and European Law.
- University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, Faculty of Law, Department of Constitutional Law &
Department of International Law.
- VŠB-TU Ostrava, Faculty of Economics, Department of Law.
- Department of European Law, Department of Commercial Law & Centre for Comparative Law
of the Faculty of Law, Charles University.
- University College of International and Public Relations Prague.
- Institute of State and Law of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i.
Non-academic institutions in the Czech Republic
- Office of the Government of the Czech Republic, Department of Legislation, Prague.
- Arbitration Court attached to the Economic Chamber of the Czech Republic and Agricultural
Chamber of the Czech Republic, Prague.
- ICC National Committee Czech Republic, Commission on Arbitration, Prague.

Institutions outside Czech Republic participating in the CYIL Project: 

Austria
University of Vienna, Department of European, International and Comparative Law, Section for
International Law and International Relations.

Poland
Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Faculty of Law and Administration, Department of Private
International Law.

Slovak Republic
Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of State and Law, Bratislava.
University of Matej Bel in Banská Bystrica, Faculty of Political Sciences and International Relations, Department of International Affairs and Diplomacy.

Trnava University in Trnava, Faculty of Law, Department of Labour Law and Social Security Law.

List of Abbreviations

ARTICLES

Libor Klimek
European Arrest Warrant: Procedural Instrument for Public Order Enforcement in the EU's Area of Freedom, Security and Justice

Ilona Jančářová & Vojtěch 
Transboundary Impact Assessment from the Central European Perspective

Veronika Burketová
At What Price Competition? A View on the Role of Competition in the Development and Stability of
Banking Markets with Reference to the EU

Ihar Martynenka
Public Order and the Protection of Cultural Heritage: Enforcement of UNESCO and UNIDROIT Conventions in CIS Countries

Josef Mrázek
Public Order (Ordre Public) and Norms of Jus Cogens

Natalia Viktorova
Public Order in the Practice of Russian Courts

Alexander J Bělohlávek
Public Policy and Public Interest in International Law and EU Law

Oleksandr Merezhko
Public Policy (Ordre Public), Mandatory Norms and Evasion of Law in Ukrainian Private International Law

Josef Ostřanský
Tobacco Investment Disputes – Public Policy, Fragmentation of International Law and Echoes of the Calvo Doctrine

Filip Černý
Short Flight of the Phoenix: A Few Thoughts on Good Faith, Abuse of Rights and Legality in Investment Arbitration

CASE LAW

Czech Republic

Alexander J Bělohlávek
Immigration, International Protection and Treatment, and the Status of Foreigners in the Czech Republic

Bohuslav Halfar
Czech Supreme Court on Deportation

BOOK REVIEWS

Michael P Seng, Vladimír Týč, David Sehnálek
One or Many? The Law and Structure of the European Union and the United States Essays by the Faculties of Masaryk University in Brno and the John Marshall Law School in Chicago

Karel Klíma et al
EU Law

Ján Klučka
International Public Law (General and Specific Part)

Miroslav Potočný, Jan Ondřej
International Public Law

Karl P Sauvant
Yearbook on International Investment Law & Policy 2009 - 2010

Alexander J Bělohlávek
Protection of Foreign Direct Investment in Energetics

Natália Štefanková, Peter Lysina
Private International Law

NEWS & REPORTS

Prospects of European Investment Policy

A New Legal Regulation within Articles 25 and 26 in the Proposal for the Regulation Made by Recasting Council Regulation 44/2001 from 22 December 2000 on Jurisdiction and the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters (hereinafter "Brussels I Regulation")

Report on Prague's World Jurist Association's 24th Biennial Congress on the Law of the World -"National Legal Cultures in a Globalised World

International Law Students Association Chapter Olomouc

Charles University in Prague Achieved Historic Success at the 18th Willem C Vis Moot

Interesting Czech Doctoral Theses in International, Private International Law and European Law

Current Events, Past & Ongoing CYIL/CYArb Presentations

Selected Bibliography of Czech and Slovak Authors for 2011

Important Web Sites

Index

About the Editors:

Prof. JUDr. Naděžda Rozehnalová, CSc. - professor of International and European Law the Faculty of Law of Masaryk University. Areas of specialization: private international law, commercial international law, arbitration. Author of a host of scholarly monographs and articles in professional periodicals both in the Czech Republic and abroad. Since 2007, Dean of the Faculty of Law of Masaryk University.


Alexander J. Bělohlávek Univ. Prof., Dr. jur. Et Mgr., Dipl. Ing. oec/MB, Dr.h.c. Lawyer admitted and practising in Prague/Czech Republic, Senior Partner of the Law Offices Bělohlávek (Prague/Czech Republic; Branch N.J./US), Dept. of Law Sciences Faculty of Economics, Ostrava, Czech Republic (in house); Dept. of Int. and European Law, Faculty of Law, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic (external). Chairman of the Commission on Arbitration ICC National Committee, Arbitrator at the Court of Arbitration attached to the Economic.

Advisory Board:

Ján Azud, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Helena Barancová, Trnava, Slovak Republic

Sir Anthony Colman, London, United Kingdom

Jaroslav Fenyk, Brno, Czech Republic

Karel Klíma, Plzen, Czech Republic

Ján Klučka, Košice, Slovak Republic

Zdeněk Kučera, Plzen, Czech Republic

Pierre Lalive, Geneva, Switzerland

Andrzej Mączyński, Kraków, Poland

Peter Mankowski, Hamburg, Federal Republic of Germany

Maksymilian Pazdan, Katowice, Poland

August Reinisch, Vienna, Austria

Michal Tomášek, Prague, Czech Republic

Vladimír Týč, Brno, Czech Republic

Editorial Board:

Filip Černý, Prague, Czech Republic

Marcin Czepelak, Kraków, Republic of Poland

Ludvík David, Brno, Czech Republic

Jan Kněžínek, Prague, Czech Republic

Oskar Krejčí, Prague, Czech Republic

Petr Mlsna, Prague, Czech Republic

Robert Neruda, Brno, Czech Republic

Monika Pauknerová, Prague, Czech Republic

František Poredoš, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Matthias Scherer, Geneva, Switzerland

Vít Alexander Schorm, Prague, Czech Republic

Miroslav Slašt’an, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Václav Stehlík, Olomouc, Czech Republic

Jiří Valdhans, Brno, Czech Republic