Forthcoming Seminar: Svan Relac, Concept of Retroactivity

Svan Relac (Department of Legal Theory, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Law), Concept of Retroactivity. Commentator: Helena Majić (Judicial Advisor, Constitutional Court of the Republic of Croatia).

The seminar will take place live on February 26th, 2024, 6pm, Frankopanska 5a/2nd floor (Društvo sveučilišnih nastavnika). The Seminar is organized by the Zagreb Legal Theory Group and Croatian Association for Legal and Social Philosophy and Theory of Law and State (Croatian IVR section).

Language of the Seminar is Croatian.

LLM in Common Law Theory and Practice, Queen Mary University of London

Queen Mary University of London launched a new LLM programme ‘LLM in Common Law Theory and Practice’. 

The programme stats in Septmeber 2024 and combines theoretical and applied study of the common law, and offers a study opportunity for both students unfamiliar with the common law and students who wish to deepen their existing knowledge.

Extensive information can be found through this link.

Burazin i Relac o primjeni Ustava od strane redovnih sudova

Objavljen je rad L. Burazina i S. Relca “Primjena Ustava od strane (hrvatskih) redovnih sudova” (Zbornik Pravnog fakulteta u Zagrebu, 73(5) 2023).

U radu se utvrđuje u čemu se sastoji “primjena Ustavaˮ od strane (hrvatskih) redovnih sudova. Na temelju pregleda relevantne literature i predistraživanja hrvatske sudske prakse, za potrebe istraživanja istaknuto je šest paradigmatskih slučajeva primjene Ustava od strane redovnih sudova (činjenice slučaja neposredno uređene ustavnim pravilom, zakonska praznina, izbježiva antinomija in abstracto između ustavne i zakonske norme, izbježiva antinomija in concreto između ustavne i zakonske norme, neustavnost pojedinačne sudske i upravne odluke i neizbježna antinomija in abstracto između ustavne i zakonske norme). Istaknuti slučajevi analizirani su metodom argumentacijske analize sudačkog rasuđivanja u okviru shema unutarnjeg i vanjskog opravdanja sudske odluke u primjerima (uglavnom) osmišljenima na temelju konkretnih slučajeva iz hrvatske sudske prakse.

8th Reading Group: S. Taekema, B. van Klink, Progress in Legal Methodology – A Methodological Assessment of Six PhD Theses

17 January 2024: S. Taekema, B. van Klink – Progress in Legal Methodology. A Methodological Assessment of Six PhD Theses (Nikša Vojvoda) (Frankopanska 5a , 6:30 – 8:00 pm).

You can access Taekema and Klink’s paper at: https://www.lawandmethod.nl/tijdschrift/lawandmethod/2023/09/lawandmethod-D-23-00004

Natječaj za asistenta na Katedri za teoriju prava PFZ-a

13. prosinca 2023. objavljen je u Narodnim novinama (148/23) natječaj za izbor jednog zaposlenika na suradničko radno mjesto asistenta u znanstvenom području društvenih znanosti, znanstveno polje pravo, znanstvena grana teorija prava i države, na Katedri za teoriju prava, na određeno vrijeme, u punom radnom vremenu.

Rok za podnošenje prijava s dokazima o ispunjavanju natječajnih uvjeta je 30 dana od objave natječaja.

CfP: 2nd CALSP Student Conference

The Croatian Association for Legal and Social Philosophy and Theory of Law and State (CALSP/IVRCroatia) is organizing a new edition of a student conference in legal theory.

The 2nd CALSP Student Conference: “Current State and Upcoming Challenges of Legal Theory andPhilosophy of Law, 2024” will be held in person at the Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb on May 3, 2024.
Contributions to a wide range of legal issues, from legal philosophy and analytic legal theory to social theories of law, are welcome. Dogmatic (doctrinal) and historical, sociological, economic, etc., studies of law with strong conceptual, theoretical or philosophical content are also acceptable. Applications are open to all undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students and run until February 29, 2024.

Full text of the call can be found here.