Abstract
The subject of the Court of Appeal has experienced a surge of interest over the last fifteen years. The present book bucks this trend and brings together the original texts of dozens of sources relating to the history of this important institution.
The Court of Appeals significantly co-shaped the Czech legal environment - whether through the unification of decision-making practice across municipal and other courts within the lands of the Bohemian Crown or through the concentration of the elites of 17th-century Czech legal life. The archival material presented here is supplemented by detailed studies that discuss the court's remit, its internal organisation, how vacant posts were filled, and the process by which decisions were made in specific cases.
The sources made available reflect the wide range of activities in which the Court of Appeal was predominantly an active agent. The result is a comprehensive picture of the court's activities spanning a century - from the publication of the Restoration of the Provincial Establishment to the twentieth anniversary of the publication of the Throne Order of Joseph I.
The book is thus suitable not only for experienced researchers who have already encountered the Court of Appeal in their research, but also for those new to the subject who are just getting into the early modern judiciary and are looking for a solid basis for their research.