Böcker utgivna av Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic

Born January 1, 1993, after it split with Slovakia, the Czech Republic is one of the youngest members of the European Union. Despite its youth as a nation, this land and the areas just outside its modern borders boasts an ancient and intricate past. This title provides a historical account of this region.

Provides an overview of four of the most significant cultural centers in the ancient world, now in Egypt, the Persian Gulf region, India, and China. This title approaches author's subjects from a variety of perspectives and offers information on the economy, society, political climate, and religion within each of the empires.

Dealing with not only specific artists in the context of their national identity, but also with overarching themes in the rise of modernism, this book presents an overview of modern art styles from the former Czechoslovakia, focusing on impressionism, art nouveau, and cubism.

In March 2009, the Faculty of Law at Charles University in Prague, together with the University of Zurich, organized a seminar on Chinese legal culture. This title pays special attention to the question of Westernization, the role of globalization in the Chinese legal system, and the act of "translating" between Western and Asian legal systems.

An atlas that visually depicts a variety of transformational processes that occurred in the Czech Republic during the past twenty years.

Examines the relationships between the ruling elites of the Czech Republic and the general public. This title provides important insights into the quality of elite-public relations, the nuance of intra-elite relations, and the values of these groups, both shared and independent.

Jan Koblasa has ranked among the leading figures of Czech and European art since the1960s. His sculptures have been integrated into many European cities. He is also acclaimed for his accomplishments in stage design, book illustrations, and graphic art. This title presents graphics that Koblasa created using various intaglio print techniques.

In 2005 the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic granted to the Charles University Law Faculty funds to research developments in Czech law from the last twenty years. Their findings were compiled into a four-volume collection. This title features those selections from the original monograph.

Focuses on the methodological problems of the discipline related to the transformation of humanistic and modern philologies, searching for the links between two historically distinct interdisciplinary projects: humanist philology and structuralist semiology.

Presents a series of short stories based on the author's experiences as a Red Commissar in the Russian Civil War and his return to Czechoslovakia. This title focuses on the Russian town of Bugulma and takes aim, with mordant wit, at the absurdities of a revolution.