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This article explores the protection of property in constitutional law and practice of four European countries with diverse constitutional history: the Czech Republic, France, Russia, and Switzerland. It provides an insight into the meaning and scope of the respective property protection clauses, including the constitutional criteria for interferences with property, and their interpretation by the respective constitutional jurisdictions. The national constitutional approaches are briefly set against the settled practice of the European Court of Human Rights with a view to identifying the extent to which they are in harmony and promote synergy in the area of protection of property as a fundamental right.
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Pejchal Grünwald, V. (2022). Constitutional Protection of Property: The Examples of the Czech Republic, France, the Russian Federation, and Switzerland. In: Cremades, J., Hermida, C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Contemporary Constitutionalism. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31739-7_89-1
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