K36 - Family and Personal LawReturn

The article explores the legal dimension of unpaid work, particularly within the context of Slovak households, where this form of labor remains largely invisible to formal legal regulation. Unpaid work is approached as a multidimensional phenomenon, with the analysis situated within the normative framework of the Slovak Republic. The aim is to identify whether existing legislation—especially in the field of family law—can be considered an adequate legal regulation of unpaid household labor. The research is based on the methods of abstraction, legal analysis and normative evaluation (de lege ferenda). The findings reveal that the current regulation is minimal, vague, and lacks enforceability. While the introduction of binding legal standards might improve clarity, it also risks undermining the private-law character of family relations. The article concludes by reflecting on the normative limits and feasibility of more precise legal intervention in this area.

This paper focuses on the new terminology used in the new Czech Civil Code, which is in force from January 1, 2014. This new Civil Code completely changes the Czech legal system by introducing a totally new terminology. The paper deals with this new terminology which defines family businesses; this terminology is unfortunately different from the terminology having been used for many years. The new Civil Code introduces a new term "rodinný závod" which evokes "family race" instead of the intended term "family business" in Czech. The objective of the paper is to examine this new Civil Code by means of linguistic tools and to focus on the future problems which may occur due to the introduction of the new term. The paper combines different techniques of linguistic research and family business research. In the introduction, the authors deal with the definitions of the new terms and explain the importance of the research. Then an overview of legal conditions of family business in the Czech Republic is presented. In the central part, the problem under investigation is described and the results of the research is presented. In the conclusion, the authors summarize their new findings.