The defense of a debtor in execution proceedings

The defense of a debtor in execution proceedings Abstract The thesis focuses on the defense of a debtor in execution proceedings. It is divided into theoretical and practical part and composes of six chapters. The thesis is based on specialized literature, professional newspaper articles, Czech courts case law and historical and current legislation. The goal of this thesis is to provide theoretical explanation of selected legal means of the defense given to a debtor in execution proceeding and to subject them to considerations and criticism. Therefore, each part of the thesis doesn't lack considerations of sufficiency or insufficiency of the legislation in relation to the debtor or reflections over the possibilities how to abuse the legal means of defense in execution proceeding by a debtor. The first chapter is devoted to the historical excursion focusing on the execution law with an emphasis on the possibilities of the defense of the debtor against execution. The excursion starts in the Roman era, continues through the medieval and modern execution law and ends with significant milestones in the execution law in the Czech Republic. The second chapter defines the participants of the execution proceedings, because only participants of the execution proceedings are those subject to the legal means of the...