Author Archives: Svan Relac

Nadolazeći seminar: Kriteriji vrednovanja prava

27. veljače 2026: Lucija Dajčić – Kriteriji vrednovanja prava u pravnoznanstvenim člancima objavljenima 2024. godine u zbornicima pravnih fakulteta u Osijeku, Rijeci, Splitu i Zagrebu.

Vrijeme: petak, 27.02., 14.00h.

Mjesto: dvorana 4, Pravni fakultet u Zagrebu, Trg Republike Hrvatske 3.

Seminar se može pratiti i preko platforme Google Meet: https://meet.google.com/ygi-ruzd-gbd

CfP: 18th CEE Forum of Young Legal, Political and Social Theorists

17th Central and Eastern European Forum of Young Legal, Political and Social Theorists will take place on 3-4th September 2026 in Katowice, Poland.

The conference is aimed at students, PhD students as well as young post-docs and professors coming from all over the world (not only from Central and Eastern Europe).


The conference language is English. If you wish to participate, please send an abstract of about 300-500 words vie the link by 30 April 2026.

A detailed CfP can be found here.

CfP: IVR Croatia Student Conference in Legal Theory

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


The 4th CALSP Student Conference: “Current State and Upcoming Challenges of Legal Theory and Philosophy of Law, 2026” will be held at the Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb on May 8, 2026.

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 or philosophical content are also acceptable. Applications are open to all undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students and run until March 1st, 2026.


Registration and participation in the conference are free of charge, and participants themselves bear the costs of travel and accommodation.


The preferred language of the application and oral presentation is English. The conference will be held in person.


Applications for the conference are submitted by e-mail to calspstudentconference@gmail.com. In addition to the applicant’s name, the faculty and the university at which they are enrolled, their student status (undergraduate, graduate or doctoral student) and their email address, a valid application should contain a summary of the intended presentation consisting of a maximum of 700 words and 5 keywords.

More information is available here.

Call for Students and Researchers for Voluntary Participation in the NextGenerationEU Project “Conflicts between Norms and Traditional Criteria for Their Resolution in Modern Legal Systems”

We invite interested students (particularly those in advanced years of study) as well as young researchers to apply for participation in scientific research as an external collaborator based on a voluntary agreement, within the framework of the above-mentioned project, financed by the European Union’s NextGenerationEU.

Applications with a motivation letter and CV (in Croatian, Spanish, Italian, or English) should be sent by 1 March 2026 to the email: mdelgadonieves@pravo.hr.

More information, including requirements, benefits and job description can be found on the following link.

CfP: King’s College London’s (KCL) Political Theory Graduate Conference, May 22nd, 2026.

King’s College London’s (KCL) second Political Theory Graduate Conference will take place on May 22nd, 2026

Interested applicants should send an anonymised abstract of no more than 350 words and a bibliography of key works (not included in the word limit) by 11.59 pm (GMT) on February 2, 2026. Successful applicants will be notified by March 2, 2026. 

Please get in touch with kclgradptcon@outlook.com for further information and submit the application via the link.

More info is available on: https://philevents.org/event/show/142670?

The Organising Committee: Callum Watts, Cheng-Chia Tung, Daniela Horta, Dulyaphab Chaturongkul, and Jana Konle 

https://forms.office.com/r/QWWWzjLqbB

In memoriam Zoran Pokrovac

We are saddened to note that Professor Zoran Pokrovac, a long-standing member of the Croatian section of the IVR and its president from 2011 to 2015, passed away on 24 September 2025. Professor Ivan Padjen has written an In memoriam, which is available here.

ZLTG Members on the 17th CEE Forum, Split, 25-26th September 2025

Three members of the Zagreb Legal Theory Group participated in the 17th CEE Forum for Young Legal, Political, and Social Theorists, held at the Law Faculty of the University of Split on 25th and 26th of September 2025.

Paula Sviben delivered a presentation titled “The CJEU’s Conceptual Approach to the Rule of Law and Judicial Independence.”

Svan Relac delivered a presentation titled “Is Lex Posterior Necessary in Legal Systems?”

Marianela Delgado delivered a presentation titled “Why Conceptual Analysis Matters in Evidentiary Debates: Lessons from Gender-Motivated Crimes.”