The Department of Analytics and Comparative Law of the Supreme Court focuses primarily on analytical and research activities, as far as European and comparative law is concerned, for practical use not only by the Supreme Court, but also by the lower courts in the Czech Republic and their judges. The Department´s activities include creation of analyses in the area of the decision-making practice of the Court of Justice of the European Union, European Court of Human Rights, European Union legislation and comparison of legislation or case law in other countries, especially EU Member States.
Irreplaceable part of the activities of the Department is maintaining contact with foreign courts, as well as with other bodies and international organisations. The Supreme Court´s day-to-day participation in several platforms for the cross-border exchange of legal information and experience reflects in the decision-making activities of the Supreme Court. In this respect, Comparative Law Liaisons Group, of which the Supreme Court has been a member since its foundation, can be mentioned. This group operates under the auspices of the Network of the Presidents of the Supreme Judicial Courts of the European Union and brings together lawyers from the supreme courts of Belgium, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Slovenia and the United Kingdom. Its aim is to facilitate the exchange of information on legislation and case law on issues which are the subject of a decision-making activities of respective supreme court belonging to this Group.
The Department is also involved in preparation of the Selection of the Decisions of the European Court of Human Rights for Judicial Practice. The Selection contains translations of important decisions into the Czech language, which helps make this case law accessible to the wider public. The Department is also engaged in the preparation of annotations of selected decisions for the Internet database of selected decisions of the European Court of Human Rights, which operates under the auspices of the Office of the Government Representative of the Czech Republic before the European Court of Human Rights.
Last but not least, it prepares the Bulletin of the Department of Analytics and Comparative Law which is published four times a year in electronic form – on the Supreme Court´s website – and is also accessible, for example, in the legal information system ASPI. The Bulletin aims to provide information on current decisions of highest courts of the Member States of the European Union, the European Court of Human Rights, and the Court of Justice of the European Union.