Thursday 21 May 2026

Friday 22 May 2026

1. Intellectual Property Law

Guarantor: prof. JUDr. Ivo Telec, CSc.

Annotation: The section focuses on free topics in industrial and other intellectual property or unfair competition and similar areas in terms of legislation, case law or legal doctrines.

2. Children in criminal law

Guarantor: doc. JUDr. Filip Ščerba, Ph.D.

Annotation: The protection of children from crime is one of the most important goals of criminal law and its part includes adequate setting of criminal law regulations. For this purpose, the so-called child certificate was established, the regulation of which (which has not yet come into force) can, however, be considered problematic in some aspects. Cases where the victim of a crime is a child are also associated with some interesting and significant interpretation and application problems, both in the area of substantive criminal law (e.g. assessment of cases of child abuse or sexual abuse) and in the area of criminal procedural law (especially in relation to the respectful treatment of child victims). Legislative and interpretative issues also arise in connection with criminal activity committed by juveniles, or with illegal acts committed by children under the age of fifteen. On the first conference day, invited speakers will present their contributions and then a wide space will be provided for discussion by all participants. On the second conference day, all other conference participants will have the opportunity to present their contributions.

3. Principles and values in law

Guarantor: Prof. JUDr. Vladimír Sládeček, DrSc.; JUDr. Monika Horáková, Ph.D.; JUDr. Soňa Pospíšilová, Ph.D.

Annotation: In today's technological world, the importance of values and principles in law is growing.This is the basic thesis of the section, which will be discussed in its contributions. If norms and legal regulations are absent, as are ethical judgements, and lag behind biotechnologies, principles and values, as the fundamental pillars of law, may play a greater role in legal argumentation. However, can we still apply grand narratives such as justice, dignity, freedom, and equality in post-humanism? How do values change over time, and how can we grasp values and principles today?

Historical and geographical comparisons, legal analyses, and experiences from legal practice, as well as philosophical considerations, including ethical reflection or teaching experience, are welcome.

Conference languages: Czech, English, German.

4. Dean Miroslav Liberda and the Principles of Compensation for Damage

Guarantor: JUDr. Kamila Bubelová, Ph.D.; doc. JUDr. Filip Melzer, Ph.D., LL.M.

Annotation: Within the proceedings of this section, attention will be devoted, first, to commemorating the first dean of the re-established Faculty of Law of Palacký University in Olomouc, who would have celebrated his 100th birthday on 2 April 2026. At the same time, the 80th anniversary of the re-establishment of the Olomouc University is being marked. Both important milestones will be reflected in the proceedings through dedicated contributions.

The second part of the session is devoted to the scholarly field of Doc. Liberda, namely compensation for damage, a subject he lectured on to his students with great expertise and enthusiasm. Contributions are therefore welcome from Roman law, the history of compensation for damage, as well as from the latest modern trends in this area.

5. Preserving cultural heritage (not only) through digital means: legal aspects and innovation

Guarantor: JUDr. Monika Horáková, Ph.D.

Annotation: This section will focus on the legal aspects of using digital technologies to protect, manage, and make cultural heritage accessible. The digitization of monuments, archival materials, works of art, and intangible cultural heritage brings new possibilities for their preservation and wider social use, but at the same time raises a number of legal issues across various fields of law. The aim of the section is to open a professional discussion on the current challenges associated with the digital preservation of cultural heritage. The section is open to a wide range of contributions reflecting both theoretical and practical approaches.

6. Current challenges in the currency sector

Guarantor: JUDr. Zdenka Papoušková, Ph.D.; JUDr. Taťána Zelenská, Ph.D.

Annotation: We perceive the concept of currency as a legal institution with deep economic roots. At this year's conference, in the section entitled Current Challenges in the Currency Sector, we will focus on a critical assessment of legislative practice and its impact on economic stability. The discussion will open up questions about the institutional anchoring of monetary authorities and will also analyze current attitudes toward the ongoing digitization of the financial world. The aim of the meeting is to combine theoretical analysis with the practical experience of experts from various fields.

7. Teaching environmental law in the context of current social challenges

Guarantor: JUDr. Veronika Tomoszková, Ph.D.

Annotation: In the context of the triple planetary crisis, environmental law faces increased tension between state sovereignty and the need for global cooperation, conflicts between security and climate priorities, and issues of environmental justice. How do we teach future lawyers in the context of these challenges? This section is intended for anyone interested in innovative approaches to teaching this dynamic field of law. In this section, we welcome contributions and posters presenting specific teaching methods, educational projects, and experiences from teaching practice. Special attention will be paid to legal clinics, street law projects, moot courts, and other educational activities in which students have the opportunity to develop knowledge, skills, and understanding of the ethical aspects of responsible legal practice. The aim of this section is to promote the exchange of experiences in order to improve the quality of environmental law teaching and to establish contacts for joint teaching and research projects.

8. "Die Enterbung ist gegen die natürliche Liebe", or Difficulties with exclusion and restriction of inheritance

Guarantor: doc. JUDr. et Mgr. Ondřej Horák, Ph.D.; JUDr. Adam Talanda, Ph.D.

Annotation: According to the principle of autonomy of will, the testator has the option of excluding anyone from inheritance or appointing someone to inherit, but imposing various restrictions on them. Restrictive dispositions in the event of death may, after the testator's death, encounter disagreement from the heirs or those who have been excluded from the inheritance, and attempts to circumvent the testator's instructions. Since the days of Roman law, a traditional problem in preserving the testator's expressed will has been the fact that the testator no longer has the opportunity to further explain and clarify his or her instructions, while the heirs have their own interests, often different from those of the testator. This section on inheritance law is open to a wide range of topics related to exclusion from inheritance rights (based on the testator's will or independently of it) in the form of inheritance incapacity, disinheritance, the relationship between inheritance and gifts, various provisions of the testator (ancillary clauses), or the issue of protecting the testator's will after his or her death. Any geographical or historical comparisons that contribute to the discussion of current inheritance law are welcome.

9. Workshop: Constitutional Law and Legal Philosophy in Dialogue

Guarantor: JUDr. Zdeněk Červínek, Ph.D.

Annotation: The workshop forms part of the preparations for the second edition of the book Legal Philosophy. While the first volume is devoted to general legal philosophy, the forthcoming second volume focuses on constitutional theory and on the various ways in which philosophical-legal questions are reflected within it. Within the framework of the workshop, individual authors will present their forthcoming chapters, or parts thereof that are still in progress. The presentations will be followed by scholarly discussion, focusing in particular on methodological aspects, the relationship between legal philosophy and constitutional theory, and the key problems raised by the individual contributions. The aim of the workshop, however, is not only scholarly exchange of arguments, but also a meeting of researchers who share an interest in constitutional law and legal philosophy, in an open and friendly atmosphere that encourages informal dialogue, mutual inspiration, and the emergence of new ideas and collaborations.

10. Half-time of the EU Digital Decade: Legal Achievements, Enforcement Reality and Next-Phase Challenges

Guarantor: JUDr. Ondrej Hamuľák, Ph.D. (adj. prof. TalTech)

Annotation: This section, organised by the Czech Law and Advanced Technologies Research Institute (CLAiR), provides a mid-term legal perspective on the first implementation cycle of the Digital Decade and considers what the EU’s recent “digital rulebook” has achieved in practice and where it has created new tensions. Contributions are invited from various disciplines, including doctrinal, theoretical, empirical and comparative, to evaluate how EU digital legislation is reshaping legal concepts, governance and enforcement.

Topics may include:

• platform governance and systemic risk regulation
• market contestability and remedies for gatekeepers
• risk-based regulation of AI and general-purpose AI governance
• access to and use of data, and data-sharing obligations
• cybersecurity and resilience duties across sectors and products
• cross-border digital identity and trust services
• data spaces and sectoral digitalisation with fundamental rights implications (e.g. health data governance)

The section aims to connect EU-level targets with legal design choices, institutional capacity and real-world compliance and enforcement. This includes challenges with Member State implementation and emerging conflicts between competitiveness/innovation, security, consumer protection and fundamental rights.

11. The protection of the weaker party

Guarantor: doc. JUDr. Blanka Vítová, LL.M. Ph.D.

Annotation: The section focuses on the legal aspects of the protection of the weaker party in different areas of law. The aim is to analyse and discuss the tools, principles and challenges involved in protecting the weaker party, whether in consumer, labour, civil, commercial, family or other areas of law. The session will also provide a forum for the discussion of the procedural aspects of the protection of the weaker party, including access to justice, procedural safeguards and the legal means to enforce the protection. New legislative trends, case law developments and practical experience in applying the legislation will also be addressed.

Experts from academia and practice, legal theoreticians and practitioners are invited to participate. The section welcomes interdisciplinary approaches and contributions that reflect both the theoretical background and the practical implications of the legal regulation of the protection of the weaker party in different contexts.

Contributions may be presented in Czech or English.

12. The future of dependent work: redefining the employee in the 21st century

Guarantor: JUDr. Petr Podrazil, Ph.D.

Annotation: This section will focus on changes in the traditional concept of dependent work in the context of digitization, globalization, and technological development. The discussion will focus in particular on new forms of dependent work, including hybrid employment models, agency employment, and platform work. Attention will be focused on the question of whether and how current legislation can respond to the blurring of boundaries between employees and self-employed persons, and what redefinition trends can be observed in the European and national contexts. The aim of this section is to open a professional debate on the future definition of the term "employee," the protection of persons performing dependent work in atypical forms of employment, and possible directions for the further development of labour law in the 21st century.

13. Action and the Right of Action

Guarantor: JUDr. Klára Hamuľáková, Ph.D.

Annotation: The section is devoted to the action as a fundamental dispositive procedural act by which the subject matter of the proceedings and the scope of judicial protection are defined. It will focus on the relationship between the right of action and the principle of disposition, on the effects of the commencement of proceedings, on the subject matter of the proceedings, and on its transformation as a consequence of the parties’ dispositive acts. Attention will also be paid to the issue of (in)admissible judicial formalism and its impact on the exercise of the right of action and access to judicial protection. The aim is to open a discussion on the limits of party autonomy, the boundaries of judicial formalism, and the systemic role of the action within the structure of civil procedure.

Please send the electronic application no later than on Thursday 30th April 2026.

The organizers of the conference reserve the right to select from the submitted proposals those that will be presented actively.

The price of the conference fee includes refreshments during the conference.

All participants must pay a fee. Your space is not secured until your registration is paid in full.