Abstract
Main topic of this article is the comparison of the position of a judicial officer in the Czech Republic and in other European countries. First, it briefly presents the reasons why the institution of judicial officers has been (re)introduced to the Czech legal order. Further, it sums up the conception of the position of judicial officer in the Czech legal order, and with respect to actual critical reviews, it compares selected aspects of the conception of judicial officers in other European countries, with a special attention to so-called secondary activities of judicial officers and the issue of remuneration of judicial officers.