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The approach of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Croatia towards the protection of the right to a healthy environment

Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Law = Agrár- és Környezetjog, 2021
This paper analyzes provisions of the Croatian Constitution related to environmental protection, as well as their application in the case law of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Croatia. The main aim is to examine whether the Constitutional Court considers Croatian Constitution as prescribing the right to a healthy environment although it ...
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Penal Modernization in the Western Balkans: Continuities and Changes since the Nineteenth Century

History, Volume 111, Issue 394, Page 66-89, January 2026.
Abstract Influential sociologists of social control, including Émile Durkheim, Max Weber and others, conceived of the modern state as progressively moving towards the humanization of its penal programme. This article highlights developments that do not easily fit this progressivist model, drawing attention to the region that today is often referred to ...
Olga Kantokoski
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Citizens' Inclusion in Public Services: A Systematic Review of the Public Administration Literature and Reflection on Future Research Avenues

Public Administration, Volume 103, Issue 4, Page 1097-1119, December 2025.
ABSTRACT Despite a resurgence of interest in social equity, citizens' inclusion in public services has attracted limited attention in the public administration literature so far, having often remained in the background of studies focusing on citizens' participation and representative bureaucracy.
Tana Licsandru, Elina Meliou, Ileana Steccolini, SinMun Chang   +3 more
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Fragmented Governance in the Belt and Road Initiative: Aligning Policy With SDGs 8 and 9

Global Policy, Volume 16, Issue 5, Page 1004-1020, November 2025.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how fragmented governance shapes the Belt and Road Initiative's (BRI) contributions to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 8 and 9. Although the BRI's stated objectives align with the SDG agenda, empirical evidence from EU countries reveals that institutional fragmentation and policy misalignment can significantly ...
Haisheng Hu, Jernej Pikalo
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THE RULE OF LAW, THE DOCTRINE OF LEGITIMATE EXPECTATIONS AND THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA

EU and comparative law issues and challenges series
An important source of the Croatian legal system is found in the Constitutional Court’s case law, which has been instrumental in shaping constitutional principles and implementing them in the proceedings of ordinary courts. Relying primarily on previously established constitutional principles, on doctrines legally binding to EU member states and their ...
Anita Blagojević, Marijana Majnarić
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CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA AND THE „ABORTION DECISION“ – CONTEXT, IMPLICATIONS, AND CHALLENGES TO IMPLEMENTATION

Iustinianus Primus Law Review, 2022
Authors discuss the context, implications, and major challenges of implementing the Croatian Constitutional Court's historic 2017 „Abortion decision“. Twenty-six years after it was originally challenged, the socialist era abortion-enabling 1978 law withstood the test of constitutionality against a new constitutional and value order introduced by the ...
Kostadinov, Biljana, Horvat Vuković, Ana   +1 more
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Unveiling transparency in data protection enforcement across the EU: Assessing the level and quality of disclosure of GDPR fines by data protection authorities

European Law Journal, Volume 31, Issue 3, Page 177-202, October 2025.
Abstract Despite the increasing recognition of data protection rights across the European Union (EU), evidence suggests they are often underenforced, thereby undermining the effectiveness of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This article shows that an often neglected aspect in GDPR enforcement is the variability in transparency exhibited ...
Pablo Marcello Baquero, Aluna Wang, David Restrepo Amariles   +2 more
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Inferring Mechanisms for Global Constitutional Progress

, 2017
Constitutions help define domestic political orders, but are known to be influenced by two international mechanisms: one that reflects global temporal trends in legal development, and another that reflects international network dynamics such as shared ...
Cebrian, Manuel, Garcia-Herranz, Manuel, LeVeck, Brad, Lupu, Yonatan, Rahwan, Iyad, Rutherford, Alex   +5 more
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EXPROPRIATION ISSUES THROUGH THE PRISM OF LIMITATIONS OF CONSTITUTIONAL GUARANTEES OF PROPERTY RIGHTS IN THE LEGAL SYSTEM OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA

Pravo
Although the institution of expropriation is known in all contemporary legal systems, it should be observed through the lens of limitations on the constitutional guarantee of property rights.
Jelena Uzelac, Duška Šarin
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Views from the East: Changing Attitudes to Venice in Late Byzantium

Renaissance Studies, Volume 39, Issue 4, Page 550-570, September 2025.
Abstract This paper explores the changing attitudes towards Venice in late Byzantine texts. It argues that, along with the strengthening of political and cultural ties between Byzantium and Venice, the Byzantines' perspectives evolved from rejection to admiration. As scholars like Demetrios Kydones and Manuel Chrysoloras began to teach Greek in Venice,
Florin Leonte
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