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Počátky právní regulace rostlinolékařské péče o dřeviny v Českých zemích
The Beginnings of the Legal Regulation of Phytopathological Care in the Czech Lands

Author(s): Milan Šimandl
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, History of Law, Environmental interactions
Published by: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Nakladatelství Karolinum
Keywords: phytopathology; protection of woody plants; Czech lands; legal history; economical societies; environmental law

Summary/Abstract: The article focuses on the beginnings of legal regulation of woody plant pathology. It describes the origin and development of the first legal norms from the end of the 18th century to 1924. Early norm-making arose from professional articles issued by economic societies. The subject of the first phytopathologistic regulations was primarily the fight against harmful insects, especially bark beetles, black arches, cockchafer and phylloxera. Phytopathologistic legal norms have often been amended, cancelled and replaced by new ones, precisely given scientific and technical progress. In 1924, Act No. 165 on the Protection of Plant Production was issued, which abolished some older regulations and introduced a basic general framework for phytopathology.

  • Issue Year: 55/2025
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 23-46
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: Czech
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