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Blanka Vítová

Assoc. prof. JUDr. Blanka Vítová, Ph.D., LL.M. works at the Department of Private Law and Civil Procedure of the Palacky University in Olomouc.

Contact: blanka.vitova@upol.cz

Education and professional experience

 

Assoc. Prof. Blanka Vítová, Ph.D., LL.M., has been engaged in civil law, particularly consumer law, for more than 23 years. She works as a vice-dean for organisation and strategic development and an associate professor at the Department of Private Law and Civil Procedural Law at the Faculty of Law, Palacký University. She graduated from the Faculty of Law at Palacký University in 2001, in 2004 she
graduated from the Juridiska fakulteten Stockholms Universitet in Sweden (Magister legum, LL.M.). In the same year she passed a rigorous exam at the Masaryk’s Law Faculty University of Brno, where she also completed her postgraduate doctoral studies in the field of Civil Law. She is the author of numerous publications (books, journal articles, and scientific studies in the Czech Republic and abroad – e.g., in the United Kingdom, Belgium, Slovakia, Ukraine, and Bulgaria) on consumer protection and the influence of EU law on the Czech legal system. She is a co-author of the prestigious commentary on the New Civil Code (published by C. H. Beck), focusing on the consumer
protection sections, and the author of the only Czech commentary on the Consumer Protection Act (published by Wolters Kluwer).

She has closely cooperated with the Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Justice. As a member of the Recodification Commission at the Ministry of Justice, Blanka Vítová co-authored the consumer protection provisions included in the new draft Civil Code.

Since 2016, she has collaborated with the European Parliament on consumer issues (at the Parliament she published and presented several analyses on consumer protection and the dual quality of products in 2016, 2017, and 2019). She is a member of several academic bodies: the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence in EU Law, Faculty of Law; the Jean Monnet Network, Palacký University; and the Scientific Board of the Faculty of Law, Palacký University. Since 2022, she has focused on issues of sustainability and its impact on consumer law. She serves as the Ambassador for Sustainable Development at the Faculty of Law, Palacký University, and is a member of the University Committee for Sustainable Development at Palacký University. Beginning in 2025, she will act as the guarantor of the newly established study programme Law and Sustainability at the Faculty of Law, Palacký University.

Most relevant publications

Vítová B. The Sustainability Concept in the Consumer Purchase Contract – Is the R2R Directive Sustainable Enough? International and Comparative Law Review. 2024.
Vítová B. Unfair Commercial Practices and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) In the Digital World. European Studies – The Review of European Law, Economics and Politics. 2022.
Vítová B. Future Challenges and Opportunities in European Consumer Law Protection in the Digital era. In Šišková N. (Eds.) Legal Isses of Digitalization, Robotization and Cyber Security in the Light of EU Law. 2024.
Vítová B., Gál R., Sumczynski D., Lazárková Z. Dvojí kvalita potravin po transpozici novely směrnice o nekalých obchodních praktikách do českého právního řádu. Mezioborová odborná studie: právní rozbor a testování potravinářských výrobků. 2021.
Vítová B. LIMITS OF FAIRNESS AND TRANSPARENCY IN INTERNET OF THINGS (IoT) CONTRACTS CONCLUDED WITH CONSUMERS. Revue européenne de droit de la consommation. 2020.
Vítová B. MIMOSOUDNÍ ŘEŠENÍ SPOTŘEBITELSKÝCH SPORŮ V NÁVRHU TZV. NOVÉHO SPOTŘEBITELSKÉHO KODEXU. Acta Iuridica Olomucensia. 2019.
Vítová B., Etlíková M. Alternativní způsoby řešení spotřebitelských sporů. Soukromé právo. 2017.
Vítová B. Novelizace směrnice o nekalých obchodních praktikách v návaznosti na problematiku dvojí kvality výrobků. In Zoufalý V. (Eds.) XXVII. Karlovarské právnické dny. Sborník. 2019.
Vítová B. DAMAGE CAUSED BY INFORMATION OR ADVICE GIVEN BY A MEDIATOR IN CONSUMER DISPUTES. In . (Eds.) 5th International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conference on Social Sciences and Arts SGEM 2018. 2018.
Holá L., Urbanová M. Institucionalizace mediace. Jak daleko jsme došli? In Holá L., Vítová B., Labath V. (Eds.) Mediace 2017: Sborník odborných statí z mezinárodní vědecké konference Mediace 2017, konané v Olomouci ve dnech 27.–28. října 2017. 2018.
Vítová B. Mediation and other means of alternative dispute resolution in consumer matters. In Zimmermannová J. (Eds.) International Day of Science 2018. Economics, Management, Innovation. Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference. 2018.
Vítová B., Etlíková M. MEDIATION CLAUSE IN CONSUMER CONTRACTS. In . (Eds.) 5th International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conference on Social Sciences and Arts SGEM 2018. 2018.
Vítová B., Etlíková M. Mediace ve spotřebitelských sporech. 2021.
Vítová B., Etlíková M. Nekalé obchodní praktiky. 2017.
Vítová B. Ochrana spotřebitele při uzavírání smluv na slevových portálech. 2017.
Vítová B. Quo vadis, ochrano spotřebitele aneb personalizovaná tvorba ceny jako férová obchodní praktika? In Ronovská K., Havel B., Lavický P. (Eds.) Pocta prof. Janu Hurdíkovi k 70. narozeninám. 2021.