Czech Law - Sources of Law

Sources of Law

Sources of Czech law are (in this hierarchical order):

  • Constitution (Czech: Ústava) and constitutional laws (Czech: ústavní zákony)
  • International treaties ratified by the Parliament (Czech: mezinárodní smlouvy ratifikované parlamentem)
  • Statutes adopted by the Parliament (Czech: zákony přijaté parlamentem)
  • Orders and regulations (Derived legislation adopted by the government and ministries) (Czech: vyhlášky vlády a ministerstev)
  • Legislative acts of self-regulated entities - regional (Czech: krajské vyhlášky) and municipal (Czech: obecní vyhlášky)

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