This thesis, which is called Proceedings before the Administrative courts, first

considers the history of administrative justice, because without the knowledge of historical
development of the administrative law in our society we would not be able to understand why
a separate branch of administrative judiciary was established in 2003 and its functioning until
today. The first part of this work discusses the historically important moments in the
development of the administrative law, in other words about Czechoslovak administrative
law, its origins and development, and then proceeds to the administrative law from 1990 till
2003 and subsequent developments.
Next the reader will learn what the administrative law is, brief description of its legal
regulations and organisation, purpose of the proceedings of the Regional Courts, competence
of the Regional Courts related to administrative justice as well as the subject-matter and
territorial jurisdiction. The reader of this work will also find parts about the parties to the
dispute, about their writs and about the process of the whole administrative proceeding
of a Regional Court, which is concluded by its decision-making activity.
Proceedings of the Supreme Administrative Court are described as well, especially its
activities, about the cassational complaints against the decisions of the Regional Courts, about
proceedings of the first level of this court as well as their running. The various forms
of decision are discussed only briefly with a reference to the part that analyses the decision
making of the Regional Courts.
Because there are many problems incidental to functioning of the courts
in administrative law, which are related to both procedural and other aspects of their activity,
this thesis deals also with the issue of inconsistence of decisions in relation to the personality
of a particular judge and to other factors.
The core of this thesis emphasises the specific function of the Supreme Administrative
Court, which as the highest court in the administrative law guarantees the unity of the case
law. This chapter thus analyses all the means that, from the functional point of view, the law
has to offer to this unification, which are the legal positions, fundamental resolutions,
decision-making activity, the functioning of the grand chambers and other available
mechanisms to achieve the end of uniform decision-making.
In the final chapter of this thesis it is possible to find some interesting reflections about
the current state of administrative justice and its potential future, considering the dual
structure of the Czech administrative justice, new institutional devices created in the previous
years, which include, among others, the agendas of the first level at the Supreme
Administrative Court (common precautions, disciplinary proceedings and others). Because the

public is interested in delays in judicial proceeding and judicial economy, this theme is also
analysed in greater detail.