Abstract
Under the Constitution, the judge is bound by the law. But what does it mean in practice? Jurisprudence refers to the four methods of interpretation of the law: linguistic, systematic, historical and teleological.
The book of John Wintra discusses in detail each of these methods, while at the same time shows how these methods are used today in practice Czech justice. The author's analysis comes to the 49 interconnected interpretive principles.
In addition, the book presents a history of the interpretation of the law, as well as those of Czech and foreign jurisprudence and practice the rules of priority between the different interpretative methods.