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The authors analyze the constitutional system of the Czech Republic in its normative context. They examine the position and mutual relations of constitutional bodies, Parliament in the concept of incomplete bicameralism given by the position of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, the President of the Republic, government, ministries and administrative offices and courts forming the judiciary and the Constitutional Court. The relations between the state and territorial self-government, as well as the constitutional and legal definition of the Czech National Bank, the Supreme Audit Office, the Public Defender of Rights and the Public Prosecutor's Office, are not left out of their attention. They discuss the concept of the constitutional order of the Czech Republic, even in its relations to international law and the law of the European Union. They pay the necessary attention to the definition and protection of fundamental rights and freedoms, including relevant case law, especially the Constitutional Court. There is also an analysis of the development of the constitutional system after the changes brought about by the direct election of the President of the Republic. The book is introduced by a chapter on constitutional development before the establishment of the independent Czech Republic.