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Students' visit to the High Administrative Court of the Republic of Croatia and the Ministry of Justice
On 13 November 2019, students enrolled in Administrative Law visited the High Administrative Court of the Republic of Croatia and the Ministry of Justice.
After the first part of the introduction in which the President of the High Administrative Court of the Republic of Croatia, Ante Galić, has given an overview of the administrative dispute, in conversation with the judges of the Court, Sanja Otočan and Blanša Turić, the students had an opportunity to learn more about the administrative procedure and administrative dispute in administrative legal cases.
The second part of the day was concluded in the Ministry of Justice in which Mirela Fučkar, Assistant Minister at Ministry of Justice, has explained work, organization and functioning of the central state administration bodies. After that, executive officials of some departments in the Ministry, took part in the discussion about development of various administrative conducts.
International conference “Digital Transformation – Societal and Technological Aspects”
On 25 October the Faculty hosted an international conference, “Digital Transformation – Societal and Technological Aspects”, within the project Legal aspects of digital transformation of society (uniri-drustv-18-252). Scholars were grouped in four consecutive panels that dealt with ethical, legal, linguistic, economical and other challenges standing before the implementation of digital technologies in a range of issues. The conference was attended both by members of the teaching staff and students, confirming the relevance of the topics the conference was dedicated to for both legal theory and legal education.
Professor Tomljenović re-elected as a President of the Chamber at the EU General Court
Our renowed Professor Dr. Vesna Tomljenović, was elected as a Judge to the EU General Court in 2013 and re-elected in 2019. She was also re-elected as the president of one of the ten Chambers of that Court. Congratulations!
The list is available here.
Professor Vukas spoke at the conference at the Vienna Law Faculty
Prof. Dr. Budislav Vukas participated at the international scientific conference “Mittel- und osteuropäischen rechtshistorischen Konferenz Wien 2019 - Central and Eastern European Legal History Conference Vienna 2019 (CEELHC)” held on 24-28 September 2019 at Juridicum der Universität Wien. His topic was „Die Einflüsse der Krise von Triest auf die Völkerrechtsentwicklung“.
Conference webpage is available here, along with the programme.
Dean participating at the Paris Conference celebrating 25 years of the CE Commission against discrimination
On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Council of Europe's European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI), a high-level conference will be organised on 26 and 27 September in Paris to take stock of its action and of the progress achieved in Europe in the fight against racism and intolerance, but also to develop responses to new challenges in this field. The Dean of the Faculty of Law in Rijeka Prof. Dr. Vesna Crnić-Grotić was invited to participate at this conference.
Follow the conference on this link.
More about the conference is available here.
Professor Nenad Hlača presenting in Argentina
Long-term scientific cooperation with Argentinian law faculties has continued this year as well. On the occassion of his recent visit to Argentina, Professor Nenad Hlača presented the Faculty of Law in Rijeka at the meetings and conferences on several institutions: in San Luis (Poder Judicial de San Luis), Mendoza (Universidad Nacional de Cuyo and Universidad de Mendoza) and Buenos Aires (Universidad de Buenos Aires and Asociacion de Magistrados y Funcionarios de la Justicia Nacional).
Professor Ivana Kunda guest lectured on Syracuse University
On 22 August 2019, Professor Ivana Kunda guest lectured at the Syracuse University College of Law on the topic "EU Digital Single Market: Old and New" comparing the topics, modalities and reasons for the European Union's legislative activities in trying to deal with issues that result from development of the digital technology, which pose challenges to legislators for decades now. This is one of the activities within the UNIRI project "Effective Regulation of the Digital Market as a Boost for Innovation in the ICT Sector".
Here is the announcement.