Research

Code: GA23-04883S
Researcher: JUDr. PhDr. Jakub Valc, Ph.D., LL.M.
Research period: 3/2023 — 12/2025
Investor/Program: Grantová agentura ČR / Standardní projekty
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The project addresses two sets of issues. Firstly, the financial motivation of gamete donors, where the provision of high reimbursements creates a market environment that is otherwise excluded in the field of human body parts donation. Secondly, the splitting of the concept of the child's parent, which, from a genetic point of view, can also be considered to be the donor of gametes. The project focuses in particular on the human rights implications of embedding the anonymity in the donation process. The findings will be used to develop proposals for legislative change in this area of law. 

Code: GA23-06790S
Researcher: doc. JUDr. Martin Hapla, Ph.D
Research period: 1/2023 — 12/2025
Investor/ Program: Grantová agentura ČR / Standardní projekty
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The project seeks to illuminate the relationship between theories of human rights and theories of the good life using the methods of analytic philosophy. It proposes that many of the disputes held over the nature and interpretation of human rights are really just disputes over the preferred theory of the good life. The project examines whether human rights are really incompatible with utilitarianism, or more precisely, whether they are really based on a theory of natural law. It also focuses on the philosophical foundations of the so-called proportionality test.

Code: GA20-10464S
Researcher: doc. JUDr. Martin Hapla, Ph.D.
Research period: 1/2020 — 12/2022
Investor/Program: Grantová agentura ČR / Standardní projekty
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The project responds to theoretical gaps in the field of human rights justification. It starts from the idea that the reason for the partial failure of each of the existing theories of human rights justification is that they focus on justification as such, but not on its links with other moral and legal theories. The hypothesis of the project is that the condition for the success of a theory of justification is precisely its compatibility with a broad complex of other theories and approaches. The project analyses the different theories, explains the reasons for their failure, and focuses on exploring the theoretical background in the context of legal theory and philosophy.

Code: GA19-12837S
Researcher: doc. JUDr. Mgr. Martin Škop, Ph.D.
Research period: 1/2019 — 12/2021
Investor/Program: Grantová agentura ČR / Standardní projekty
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The project focuses on a theoretical exploration of the importance of fiction in understanding the contextual meaning of law in society. It draws on the insights and methodology of the Law and Literature movement. Reflecting on law in fiction offers insights into the form and perception of law in society and enables us to identify the relationship between changes in society and the image of law that accompanies them. The project focuses on the literature of the late 19th century and the early 20th century and is unique in the Central European area of research.

Code: GA20-10171S
Researcher: JUDr. Bc. Terezie Smejkalová, Ph.D.
Research period: 1/2020 — 12/2022
Investor/Program: Grantová agentura ČR / Standardní projekty
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The aim of the project was to determine the extent to which methods for analyzing social representations can be used to analyze legal concepts. It also aimed to identify the social representations of the selected concepts among the selected groups of lawyers and to analyze the selected concepts using traditional methods of legal analysis.

Code: GA18-01417S
Researcher: doc. PhDr. Martina Urbanová, Ph.D.
Research period: 1/2018 — 12/2020
Investor/Program: Grantová agentura ČR / Standardní projekty
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The aim of the project is to identify and evaluate the current state of mediation in the Czech Republic according to the Mediation Act and to determine the conditions for its further development. A combination of legal and social science methodologies was used to achieve this goal, including an economic analysis of mediation. The research was carried out in a partnership project with Palacký University in Olomouc and Masaryk University in Brno.

Code: GA17-14903S
Researcher: doc. JUDr. Mgr. Martin Škop, Ph.D.
Research period: 1/2017 — 12/2019
Investor/Program: Grantová agentura ČR / Standardní projekty
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The project responds to the information and empirical deficit regarding the actual legislative process. It focuses on the transfer of existing comparable empirical research to the Czech environment and creates a theoretical and methodological basis for possible future research. Subsequently, the methods were tested in pilot research, which still fit the context of the primary research. As no similar research has been carried out in a comparable European context, the establishment of a methodology was crucial for the further development of the research.