The article describes the work of František Xaver Hodač, a prominent Czechoslovak politician and representative of employers in the International Labour Organisation in years 1919 - 1924. It deals with the activities of the International Labour Organisation in the first five years of the existence of this organisation and it monitors the participation of František Xaver Hodač therein.
It tries to affect not only organizational and legal aspects , but also non-legal influences and the importace of the individual for the historical formation of law and the legal developments.