Corporation as a legal person: theoretical basis and practical implications.
Smolenice, April 1st - 3rd 2014. Conference report
Mgr.
Dušan
Rostáš
PhD Students, UPJŠ Košice
Mgr.
Žofia
Šuleková
PhD Students, UPJŠ Košice
The international conference Corporation as a legal person: theoretical basis and
practical implications held on April 1st - 3rd 2014 at the Congress Centre in Smolenice was
organized by Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, the Institute of State and Law of the Slovak
Academy of Sciences and the Institute of State and Law of the Czech Academy of Sciences. During the
three-day event, high-profile speakers from Germany, the Czech Republic and Slovakia presented
inspiring contributions. The opening speech delivered by assoc. prof. JUDr. Bohumil Havel, Ph.D.,
was followed by assoc. prof. JUDr. Ján Husár, CSc., and JUDr. Jozef Vozár, CSc., who welcomed
participants and emphasized the importance of a long-term cooperation between the Pavol Jozef
Šafárik University in Košice and the Slovak Academy of Sciences.
Prof. JUDr.
Stanislava Černá,
PhD., (Charles University, Prague) opened the plenary
session with the contribution on Proprietary independence of a corporation and selected aspects
of creditors´ protection.
Attention was paid to the legal autonomy and economic functions of
corporations. Moreover the protection of creditors was discussed from the wider perspective and
various theoretical approaches. It was pointed out that management board shall have a duty to take
into account the interests of creditors and perform the balance sheet test and the test of solvency.
She opened the issue whether the resolution of the management board on distribution of corporate
profits constitutes a c