Success of Our Students at Czechoslovak Round of Student Research and Professional Activities Competition

After the remote year in 2020, the Czechoslovak round of Student Research and Professional Activities (SVOČ) competition was held in hybrid form in 2021. It was again organised by the Faculty of Law of Comenius University in Bratislava, which is celebrating the 100th anniversary of its foundation this year. There were nine competition categories (eight for students in master’s study programmes, and one for doctoral students). In total, students from seven law schools took part in the competition, four from the Czech Republic (Prague, Brno, Pilsen, Olomouc), and three from Slovakia (Bratislava, Trnava, Košice). The Faculty of Law of Charles University was represented by 24 competitors who succeeded in the faculty round of the SVOČ competition, which took place in spring this year. The competition was balanced and competitors from all participating faculties ranked high.

The following students of the Charles University Faculty of Law were successful in the Czechoslovak round of the competition in Student Research and Professional Activities:

• 1st place in the category Theory of Law and Constitutional Law: Kristián Fischer (2nd year) with his paper on Teleological Reduction: its Potential, Limits, and Reflection in the Case-Law of the Supreme Court
   
• 1st place in the category European Law, Public International Law): Tomáš Svoboda (3rd year) with his paper on Non-refoulement due to Health Reasons in the Case-Law of the European Court of Human Rights
   
• 1st place in the category Roman Law, Legal History: Marie Šmejkalová (1st year) with her paper on Roman-Law Roots of the Legislation of Æthelberht, King of Kent
   
• 1st place in the category Competition Papers by Students of Doctoral Study Programmes: JUDr. Josef Vacek (2nd year doctoral student) with his paper on Yeomen and Law: the Case of Pavel Sládek Alias Cícha from 1663 and Regional Governors Acting as Courts
   
• 2nd place in the category Human Rights and Social Sciences: Jan Pavlínek (2nd year) with his paper on Restriction of the Right to Assembly on the Grounds of Protection of Public Health
   
• 2nd place in the category Theory of Law and Constitutional Law: Jakub Stádník (4th year) with his paper on Dissenting Opinions in the Context of Legitimacy of Court Decisions
   
• 3rd place in the category European Law, Public International Law): Iveta Krejčová (2nd year) with her paper on The United Kingdom and the Court of Justice of the European Union – What Has Brexit Done to their Future Relationship?
   
• 3rd place in the category Private Law – Substantive Civil Law and Business Law): Daniel Tůma (1st year) with his paper on Acquisition of Ownership Right from a Non-Owner under the “Blocking Provision” in the Case of Restitutions
   
• 3rd place in the category Administrative Law, Financial Law, Social Security Law, Environmental Law): Lujza Perstická (3rd year) with her paper on Principles of Economy, Efficiency, and Usefulness, their Evaluation and Application in Financial Audits of Self-Governing Units

We thank all the students who represented the Faculty of Law of Charles University and congratulate those who succeeded in the competition!

We would also like to thank our colleagues from Bratislava for organising the competition, and we are looking forward to meeting again (hopefully in person) next year at the Faculty of Law of Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice.