Page "Ottokar II of Bohemia" Paragraph 27

As Czech traditional law was different from that reigning in his other domains, many principles introduced during his reign formed core of the Czech law for the following centuries.

From his time stems the oldest preserved source of Czech law, Zemské desky, and also the oldest written Czech communal law, recorded in the founding deeds of the respective towns.

By supporting the city of Jihlava with its mines he laid foundation to the silver wealth of the Bohemian kings.

Privilegies of civic chartres usually excluded the towns from obedience towards the traditional comital district courts held by members of nobility.

This can be seen as a second rupture of the traditional Czech legal system ( after the Church gained its general freedoms half a century before ), but also as a step towards equality and a first form of today's civil law.