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Books by Ondrej Hamulak

Legal issues of EU internal market: understanding four freedoms, 2013

Scholarly book on legal aspects of four freedoms on EU internal market.

Papers by Ondrej Hamulak

The Journal of the International Committee for the History of Technology, Dec 15, 2023

Mezinárodní a srovnávací právní revue/International and Comparative Law Review, Dec 1, 2023

Acta Baltica Historiae et Philosophiae Scientiarum, Dec 14, 2023

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Springer eBooks, 2021

Promotion of trade with third countries is one of the objectives of the Commission on common comm... more Promotion of trade with third countries is one of the objectives of the Commission on common commercial policy (Articles 206-207 TFEU) and the customs union in more general. For an effective system, the EU must consider the needs and economic preparedness of the MS. The function of the Council in these matters is to decide upon the duties, and, together with the EP, to oversee the level and effectiveness of customs cooperation between the MS and between the latter and the Commission. A distinction must be made between the trade amongst MS and the trade between the MS and third parties. The customs union and Article 33 TFEU are applicable to internal Union customs cooperation, while the common commercial policy is applicable to customs cooperation with third parties. The common commercial policy has been referred to as the most advanced external policy of the EU, embracing not only common customs tariff, but also a common policy in other trade related issues. The policy is designed to ensure a fully functional import and export regime of the Union as well as operational conduct of trade relations with third countries, in which it is an area where the Union has exclusive competence.

Theoretical journal for the questions of state and law, 2013

European Studies - the Review of European Law, Economics and Politics, 2020

TalTech journal of European studies, Sep 1, 2021

Some recent views question the concept of sovereignty (especially the sovereignty of states), arg... more Some recent views question the concept of sovereignty (especially the sovereignty of states), arguing that sovereignty is to be abandoned as a historical concept, because it existed in the world of the Westphalian system (created after 1648), where states were the major players, centers of power and objects of interest. Instead, we suggest that sovereignty should be perceived again as a "supreme power" (summa potestas), meaning a return to the pre-Bodinian concept of sovereignty and perceive it as a "power to exert control". With regard to cyberspace, this does not mean direct control of all entities in the cyberspace, but only those that provide services which are perceived as "essential" or "critical" for the security and interests of the state. That is actually the approach taken with regard to ensuring the safety of 5G networks-through control imposed on the network operators, as required by the respective EU legislation and the EU Toolbox on 5G Networks specifi cally.

Springer eBooks, 2016

The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this p... more The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use.

Baltic Journal of Law & Politics, Jun 1, 2021

Traditionally, the idea of a sovereign is being connected either with an absolutist ruler (later ... more Traditionally, the idea of a sovereign is being connected either with an absolutist ruler (later replaced by "the people") at the national level, or the nation-state at the international level-at least in the conditions of the Westphalian system created in 1648. Today, on the contrary, we are witnessing a "post-" situation in many respects-post-modernism, postpositivism, but also post-statism-basically being a sort of return to the pre-Westphalian system (see Ondrej Hamuľák, "Lessons from the 'Constitutional Mythology' or How to Reconcile the Concept of State Sovereignty with European Integration," DANUBE: Law, Economics and

Masaryk University Journal of Law and Technology

The dynamic development of digital and informational technologies raises the issue of proper and ... more The dynamic development of digital and informational technologies raises the issue of proper and effective protection of human privacy, which, in turn, is gradually turning from a real fundamental right into a kind of illusion. Just a piece of information about an individual distributed on the Internet may leave its negative and often indelible mark on the life and reputation of the addressee of such information, regardless of the legality and reliability of such information. And even if such information is subsequently recognized as false and/or vicious and even removed from public access, the addressee of the information will still be associated with such information in the social consciousness. In this regard, each person is at risk on the Internet, where anyone can potentially become the victim of a single publication or a post of an Internet user. In this context the emergence of the phenomenon of the right to be forgotten in European legal reality may be considered as a step f...

Digital Development of the European Union

Legal issues of EU internal market: understanding four freedoms, 2013

Scholarly book on legal aspects of four freedoms on EU internal market.

The Journal of the International Committee for the History of Technology, Dec 15, 2023

Mezinárodní a srovnávací právní revue/International and Comparative Law Review, Dec 1, 2023

Acta Baltica Historiae et Philosophiae Scientiarum, Dec 14, 2023

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Springer eBooks, 2021

Theoretical journal for the questions of state and law, 2013

European Studies - the Review of European Law, Economics and Politics, 2020

TalTech journal of European studies, Sep 1, 2021

Springer eBooks, 2016

Baltic Journal of Law & Politics, Jun 1, 2021

Masaryk University Journal of Law and Technology

Digital Development of the European Union

European Studies

Summary The article deals with the Slovak Constitutional Court’s approach to the EU Charter of Fu... more Summary The article deals with the Slovak Constitutional Court’s approach to the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights as a potential source of constitutional review. It analyses selected SCC decisions in order to evaluate and generalise the SCC attitude. The main focus is on defining the constitutional status of the EU Charter within the Slovak constitutional order. The up-to-date practice of the Constitutional Court is associated with an inevitable confusion when formally the Charter belongs among the sources of constitutional review, but by applying the doctrine of self-restriction, the SCC uses it only in a subsidiary way or in the form of a soft interpretation instrument to support its reasoning.

International and Comparative Law Review

Summary The protection of human privacy is one of the most disputable topics of European human ri... more Summary The protection of human privacy is one of the most disputable topics of European human rights law. That is why the judicial practice of the European Supranational Courts is rich in numerous decisions in this area, since human privacy is one of the most violated human rights, especially in the context of the development of digital technologies. Trying to find protection of their rights through institutional mechanisms of human rights (in particular, through the CJEU and the ECtHR), the applicant often finds himself/herself in a more difficult position: he/she becomes even more an object of public discussion. This phenomenon is especially vividly illustrated by the judicial practice of the European Supranational Courts in the field of protection of the right to be forgotten, which will be paid attention to in this research. At the same time, some suggestions will also be put forward to strengthen the effectiveness of protecting the confidentiality of applicants in the judicial...

Acta Baltica Historiae et Philosophiae Scientiarum

Artificial intelligence (AI) is developing rapidly. There are technologies available that fulfil ... more Artificial intelligence (AI) is developing rapidly. There are technologies available that fulfil several tasks better than humans can and even behave like humans to some extent. Thus, the situation prompts the question whether AI should be granted legal person- and/or agenthood? There have been similar situations in history where the legal status of slaves or indigenous peoples was discussed. Still, in those historical questions, the subjects under study were always natural persons, i.e., they were living beings belonging to the species Homo sapiens. We analyse the situation from moral-ethical and practical perspectives. The final conclusion is that the currently existing AIs are still so far removed from humans that there is simply no need to think seriously about legal person- or agenthood. Doing so would mean imposing obligations on the AI to follow. This, in turn, would mean that certain rights in relation to those obligations would have to be granted as well. By all evidence, t...

National Sovereignty in the European Union View from the Czech Perspective, 2016

Supranational law reaches its goals either through the effect of its own norms or through nationa... more Supranational law reaches its goals either through the effect of its own norms or through national law based on European rules. Thus, also the question of the relationship between European and national law (as a whole) must reflect these two options. To summarize the application of EU law to the legal system of a Member State can be of two different types (a) Direct, normative influence on the national legal system, i.e. its enrichment with new 'European' norms, (b) Indirect, value-based influence, when the goals of European integration, the ideological basis of the EU and its law, the intentions and purposes of the EU's legislator, etc. must be considered by national authorities when interpreting national law, i.e. it is enriched with new 'European' meanings.

National Sovereignty in the European Union View from the Czech Perspective, 2016

This chapter focuses on legal aspects, respectively the constitutional assumptions of the departu... more This chapter focuses on legal aspects, respectively the constitutional assumptions of the departure of the Member State from the European Union. It offers an analysis of past debates and theoretical models that preceded the official introduction of the exit clause in today's Article 50 TEU. It also addresses the question of the nature of the withdrawal and casts doubt on the nature of the " right to withdraw. " Article 50 is working with two alternatives on how to leave the Union—a consensual exit and unilateral withdrawal. Although the authors accept the theoretical extreme possibility of unilateral exit without agreement, they also point to the factual necessity of the agreement (that is necessary from the point of view of legal certainty, economic stability, political accountability, and international status of the outgoing state), which in fact makes the consensual exit the only possible way of terminating membership and therefore casts doubts on the existence of right to withdraw.

Brexit - Springer AG, 2018

The 5th volume of scholarly journal published by Czech Association for European Studies.

The 4th volume of scholarly journal published by Czech Association for European Studies.

European Studies – The Review of European Law, Economics and Politics, 2016

European Studies – The Review of European Law, Economics and Politics is a peer reviewed periodic... more European Studies – The Review of European Law, Economics and Politics is a peer reviewed periodical in the form of year-book of the Czech Association for European Studies. The presented journal reflects the interdisciplinary character of this scientific society, therefore it does not limit to only one discipline within the European studies, but on the contrary, it pursues for a multi-disciplinary approach and analysis of various aspects of the European integration. That is why the concept of the journal accounts with the scientific articles and expertise not only from the field of European law but from European economy, European political science, EC/EU history and other relevant disciplines relating to supranational entities as well. “European Studies…” journal serves as a forum for the exchange of scientific opinions, research analyses, reviews on new important publications, and other relevant information from European studies disciplines for authors and readers all over the world, which enables the better reflection of the diversity of opinions and approaches The multinational character of the concept of the journal is enhanced by the composition of the Editorial board itself, which involves leading experts from the different countries all over the world.

European Studies – The Review of European Law, Economics and Politics, 2015

European Studies – The Review of European Law, Economics and Politics, 2014

Článek rozebírá otázku role Listiny základních práv Evropské unie v rozhodovací činnosti Ústavní... more Článek rozebírá otázku role Listiny základních práv Evropské unie v rozhodovací činnosti Ústavního soudu České republiky. Reaguje na otázku, zda má být Listina ve smyslu nálezu Ústavního soudu Pl. ÚS 36/01 chápána jako součást ústavního pořádku ČR. Autor odmítá její zařazení do tohoto vnitrostátního systému. Poukazuje ale na to, že se Listina ZPEU může výrazně projevit v judikatuře Ústavního soudu a to ve třech podobách: (1) jako podpůrný argument, (2) jako inspirace při výkladu norem ústavního pořádku a (3) jako samostatný zdroj ústavního přezkumu ležící mimo ústavní pořádek. Listinu ZPEU proto považuje za " okolí " ústavního pořádku České republiky.

Unijní právo před českými soudy, 2014

This research monograph analyses decisions of Czech supreme courts in relation to the EU law in t... more This research monograph analyses decisions of Czech supreme courts in relation to the EU law in the fi rst ten years of the Czech membership to the European Union. The book covers decisions of the Supreme Administrative Court and Supreme Court; the authors give a summary overview of the most important case law in that period. Th e main attention is put on the use of the direct/indirect eff ect of EU law in national law, and the preliminary ruling procedure in relation to which the book gives an analysis of the supreme courts’ decisions on the CILFIT criteria and also other situations when national courts are not obliged to initiate the procedure. Subsequently, the book deals with the decisions of the Czech Constitutional Court. Diff erent to supreme courts one may fi nd several studies of Constitutional Court’ attitude to the EU law. Th erefore, in this part the book aims to give a summary overview of the key case-law of the Constitutional Court and the reaction of the legal doctrine thereupon. Finally, the book adds a fi eld analysis focusing on the application of the EU competition law by the Czech Competition Authority and, on appeal, by national courts. Authors centre their attention on individual topics of competition law (direct and indirect eff ect, right to fair trial and judicial protection, preliminary ruling procedure) and their application in the decisions of the Czech Competition Authority and Czech courts, including Supreme Administrative Court and Constitutional Court.

Eurozatykač, tři ústavní soudy a dominance práva Evropské unie / European Arrest Warrant, Three Constitutional Courts and Dominance of the EU Law, Nov 2011

The book offers an analysis of the impact of a European arrest warrant on the development of the ... more The book offers an analysis of the impact of a European arrest warrant on the development of the pluralistic constitutionality within the EU. Author focuses on the proceedings before the constitutional courts of Poland, Germany and the Czech Republic, which had assessed the constitutionality of the EAW. The main question is whether the response of these courts to the new system of cooperation in the criminal matters brought some shifts in the understanding and determination of the relationship between EU law and national law. The main question is whether the courts approved or rejected the dominant nature of EU rules.

Integrující se Evropa a suverenita České republiky / Integrated Europe and Sovereignty of Czech Republic, Oct 2013

The research goal of this book is to provide an analysis of the implications for the understandin... more The research goal of this book is to provide an analysis of the implications for the understanding of the concept of sovereignty of the Czech Republic in the reality of our country's membership in the European Union. The starting point of this work is acceptance of membership of the Czech Republic in the European Union as a basic fact. The goal of this analysis is to offer the theoretical reconciliation of the state sovereignty with the participation of the Czech Republic on the European integration project.
The book is divided into the two main parts.
The first part opens the question why does European integration give rise to doubts about preservation of state sovereignty of its Member states? It deals with the topic of self-referential and independent constitutional evolution of the supranational entities which leads to the present stance of heterarchy of constitutional powers and interrelated tensions between supranational and national law.
The second part is resolving the question why it is still possible and correct to regard on the Czech Republic as on the sovereign country.

Masaryk University Journal of Law and Technology, 2023

International and Comparative Law Review, 2021

The phenomenon of geo-blocking is one of the new challenges of the digital era. Geo-blocking is a... more The phenomenon of geo-blocking is one of the new challenges of the digital era. Geo-blocking is a modern form of discrimination that differentiates between consumers on the basis of their geographical location. The phenomenon ultimately affects the situation of the citizen concerned and may also constitute an obstacle to the single market. Digital time has put a number of issues to be resolved on the legislator’s table in recent years, one of which is the phenomenon of geo-blocking. Already in 2015, the European Commission led by Juncker (2014–2019) adopted the Digital Single Market (DSM) strategy, which marked the European Union’s (EU) path towards innovation by creating a new digital dimension of the Single Market. In order to achieve the DSM strategy and the digital objectives, a number of legislative acts have been put in place to address the elements of the DSM and exploit the benefits of technological modernisation. The geo-blocking phenomenon is presented in this study, partly in terms of practical aspects and partly with regard to the geo-blocking regulation. The Ursula von der Leyen-led Commission (2019–2024) identifies “a Europe fit for the digital age” among its six priorities. Among the priorities, the “promotion of a European way of life”, must be linked to the digital priorities, as our smart tools and our digital presence are becoming an integral part of our lives – and our common way of life – especially at this time of the COVID-19 pandemic. Innovation has also been accelerated by the current exceptional situation, the health emergency caused by COVID-19, forcing us to work remotely, remote contacts and the constant use of our smart tools. The realisation of digital well-being is therefore also an integral part of our lifestyle. In the intersection of digitalisation and development and the promotion of a common European way of life, we can find a single market in which we can experience a significant aspect of our European way of life – the free movements and cross-border transactions – even through our online presence. The internal market is the dimension for the proper functioning of which the Union institutions can adopt a legislative act. In addition, measures taken to remove barriers and remove obstacles are essential for the functioning of the internal market. Joint action against geo-blocking as an internal market barrier will also play a role in creating digital prosperity by promoting the proper functioning of the internal market by promoting e-commerce and electronic content access. The aim of the study on the one hand is to present issues related to geo-blocking in a brief and descriptive manner from the perspective of the social, economic and legal environment linked to the internal market. On the other hand, the study briefly presents the legal environment of geo-blocking in the USA, Russia, China and Japan.