Author Archives: Luka Burazin

New Appointment to the Zagreb Legal Theory Department

The Zagreb Legal Theory Department is delighted to announce the appointment of Ms Marianela Delgado Nieves as Research and Teaching Assistant in Legal Theory. Marianela graduated from UNAM (Mexico), obtained her master’s degree in evidential reasoning from the University of Girona (Spain) and University of Genova (Italy), and is currently doing her PhD on evidential reasoning at the University of Girona. Welcome to our Department, Marianela!

S. Relac, Unatražno djelovanje normi

Iz tiska je upravo izišla knjiga Unatražno djelovanje normi, autora Svana Relca, asistenta na Katedri za teoriju prava Pravnog fakulteta u Zagrebu i člana Zagrebačke grupe za teoriju prava. Znanstveni doprinos djela očituje se u izgradnji nove, podrobne tipologije različitih vrsta unatražnog djelovanja (retroaktivnosti) normi i utvrđivanju načina upotrebe pojma unatražnog djelovanja u okviru pravnog rasuđivanja. Knjiga se može kupiti u knjižari Pravnog fakultet u Zagrebu (https://webshop.pravo.hr/proizvod/unatrazno-djelovanje-normi/).

Forthcoming Seminar: Authentic Interpretation of Laws

4 December 2024: Gordan Struić (Croatian Parliament) – Authentic Interpretation of Laws: A Critique of the Constitutional Court Decision (Zagreb Faculty of Law, Trg Republike Hrvatske 3, room IV, 3rd floor, 4:15-5:45pm).

Commentator: Mario Krešić, Associate Professor (Zagreb Faculty of Law).

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).

L. Burazin, K.E. Himma, G. Pino (eds.), Jurisprudence in the Mirror (Oxford UP 2024)

There is something quite puzzling about the global conversation on jurisprudence. On the one hand, jurisprudence is supposed to deal with abstract questions concerning the nature, structure, and distinctive features of the law. These questions are not tightly associated with, or dependent on, the particular legal practices in one jurisdiction or another. But, on the other hand, it seems that jurisprudents are tacitly affected by their background institutional context: there is an evident divide between theorizing about the law in the civil law world and in the common law world.

Jurisprudence in the Mirror: The Common Law World Meets theCivil Law World systematically presents the major achievements of contemporary civil law jurisprudence to the common law world and bridges the gap in analytic jurisprudence as it is currently practiced in the two traditions. The volume seeks to bring different voices to the table and overcome the cultural and linguistic divides that have created barriers in philosophical exchanges. The book’s structure is dialogical: it includes twelve essays written by prominent and influential jurisprudents from the civil law world, each followed by a response by a jurisprudent from the common law world. This approach highlights what the two worlds share, where they part ways, and why. The varied contributions reveal how their respective legal traditions shape fundamental legal concepts and jurisprudential debates and will be invaluable to readers from both the civil and common law worlds.

Forthcoming Reading Group: Legal Doctrine

9th Reading Group: J. Smits – What is Legal Doctrine? On the Aims and Methods of Legal-Dogmatic Research

8 May 2024: J. Smits – What is Legal Doctrine? On the Aims and Methods of Legal-Dogmatic Research (Rafaela Krešić) (Frankopanska 5a/2nd floor, 12:30 – 14:00h).

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.