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ASPI (Automatizovaný Systém Právních Informací) is Wolters Kluwer’s flagship Czech legal database. On the market for around 30 years, it’s among the longest-running Czech legal-information systems and one of the “big three” alongside Beck-online and Codexis.
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Name the effective date, ”§ 2079 OZ as of 1 January 2024”, and ASPI returns the time-versioned Sbírka text, with komentář on that version.

What it covers

TypeScale / coverage
PředpisyComplete Sbírka zákonů from 1918 onward, plus EU regulations.
JudikaturaConstitutional Court, Supreme Court, Supreme Administrative Court, plus selected ECHR/CJEU and lower-court decisions. ~900,000 decisions in the curated Expertní judikatura layer.
Komentáře100+ article-by-article commentaries on Czech codes and statutes.
Monografie & časopisyCzech legal monographs and journals.
VzoryDocument templates.
NavigátorProcedural decision-trees.
GuidesThematic guides for corporate, insolvency, labour, public procurement, GDPR.
Practice areas covered well: civil, commercial, criminal, labour, tax, public/administrative, insolvency, public procurement, family, IP, social security.

Tiers

TierWhat it adds
ASPI StandardFoundation.
ASPI ProfesionálPositioned for law firms and corporate legal departments; auto-includes a 3-year update guarantee for newly published WK commentaries.
ASPI ExpertMaximum content depth.

What you can ask

  • “Find the consolidated time-version of § 2079 občanského zákoníku as of a given date and the leading Supreme Court judgments interpreting it.”
  • “What is the current commentary view on liability for damages under § 2910 OZ?”
  • “What does Czech case law say about restrictive covenants in employment contracts?”
  • “Find commentary on recent changes to Czech competition law.”

Setup

Connect via Settings → Integrations using your firm’s ASPI credentials. See Setting up integrations.

Combining with other sources

Question typeBest combination
Pure Czech legal researchASPI alone.
Czech + EU harmonised topicASPI + European Union Case Law.
Cross-border CZ + SKASPI + ASPI (Slovakia).

Tips

”§ 2079 OZ” / ”§ 420 občanského zákoníku”: Czech lawyers cite by paragraph, and ASPI is structured around them.
For matters where you need the law as it stood at a specific date, name the date; ASPI’s time-versioning surfaces the right text.
Pair ASPI with European Union Case Law for any topic involving harmonised EU regulation.

Next steps

ASPI (Slovakia)

Slovak law via the same product family.

Setting up integrations

Connect ASPI.