International Scientific Conference “Law, Legality, Justice and Jurisprudence – Modern Aspects and New Challenges” – Book of proceedings

The Journal publishes papers presented at the International Scientific Conference “Law, Legality, Justice and Jurisprudence – Modern Aspects and New Challenges” which is organized by the Faculty of Law, University of Split (Croatia) with international members in the Organizing and Program Committee. Conference is held once every two years.

The Journal publishes unpublished papers covering topics on law, legality, justice and jurisprudence – modern aspects and new clallenges, focusing on the following issues:

– Challenges of the application of legal solutions in court practice;
– Improvement of theoretical and practical legal problem areas;
– Challenges of globalisation and Europeanisation of national law;
– Public and Private Law crossing paths in the EU;
– Judicial co-operation in civil and criminal matters;
– E-commerce and unfair trade practices;
– Fair market conditions;
– Legal certainty and efficiency of public administration;
– The legal aspect of improving the taxation system and investment competitiveness;
– Legal aspects of corporate governance;
– Confidence in the judiciary – independence and efficiency of the conduct of judicial proceedings;
– Legal (and forensic) aspects of threats to the financial and economic system;
– European approach to digital transformation, digital economy and society – impact on legal system;
– Social justice and challenges of modern societies;
– Cross-border labour mobility as the foundation of the EU market;
– EU’s legal migration policy.
The Journal is published and owned by Faculty of Law, University of Split. The Journal has international Editorial Bord.

Faculty of Law, University of Split
INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE “LAW, LEGALITY, JUSTICE AND JURISPRUDENCE – MODERN ASPECTS AND NEW CHALLENGES“
BOOK OF PROCEEDINGS

Split, 16 May 2025

Publisher:
Faculty of Law, University of Split, Croatia
Domovinskog rata 8, 21000 Split

Editors in Chief
Željka Primorac, PhD., Full Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Split, Croatia
Ranka Jeknić, PhD., Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Split, Croatia

Executive Editor
Blanka Čop, PhD., Senior Assistant, Faculty of Law, University of Split, Croatia

Technical Editors
mr. sc. Ivona Matas, mag. iur., librarian, Faculty of Law, University of Split, Croatia
Tomislav Staničić, M. J., senior librarian, Faculty of Law, University of Split, Croatia

Editorial Board
Ratko Brnabić, PhD., Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Split, Croatia
Marko Ivkošić, PhD., Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Split, Croatia
Vesna Barić Punda, PhD., Full Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Split, Croatia
Marija Đuzel, PhD., Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Split, Croatia
Helmut Grothe, PhD., Univ. Prof. dr., Frei Universität Berlin, Germany
Jens Lowitzsch, PhD., Full Professor, Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), Germany
Tomaž Keresteš, PhD., Full Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Maribor, Slovenia
Vesna Rijavec, PhD., Full Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Maribor, Slovenia
Wojciech Zalewski, PhD., Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Gdansk, Poland
Małgorzata Balwicka-Szczyrba, PhD., Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Gdańsk, Poland
Piotr Uziębło, PhD., Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Gdańsk, Poland
Victor Garcia Yzaguirre, PhD., Faculty of Law, University of Girona, Spain

Technical Board
Ante Šimun Majstorović, mag. iur., Faculty of Law, University of Split, Croatia
Luka Roso,mag. iur., Faculty of Law, University of Split, Croatia
Nikolina Tomaš, mag. iur., Faculty of Law, University of Split, Croatia

The journal is published annually.

The Editorial Board accepts only unpublished papers. The paper must not have already been published or sent to another Journal/ Conference Book of Proceedings for this purpose.

For publishing in the Journal papers should be written in English language, accepted for presentation at the International Scientific Conference “Law, Legality, Justice and Jurisprudence – Modern Aspects and New Challenges” and two positive reviews were received in relation to it.

Before the paper is submitted for publication, the author is responsible for ensuring that the English language is thoroughly revised.

All submitted papers will be double-blind reviewed and checked for text similarity (plagiarism).

The papers should be return to the authors if they do not fulfil all substantive and technical standards.

One author can publish a maximum of one (1) paper.

Papers should be sent in electronic form – in Word (.doc or .docx format) to the e-mail address splitconference2025@pravst.hr

The paper need to have no more than 10,000 words (including tables and references).

Papers main text and the footnotes should be written in the same font (Times New Roman). The font size for the main text is 12 with a spacing of 1,5 and for footnotes 10 with a spacing of 1.

The title of the paper must be both concise and informative. The tables must be clearly and correctly arranged and properly described (number, title, legend).

Unnecessary emphasis (italics, bold, underlined, capital letters) should be avoided, especially in combination with quotation marks (i.e. no “quotation marks”).

Latin expressions and abbreviations are always written in italics (sui generis, infra, op. cit., ibid.).

In addition to the extensive references in footnotes, a bibliography is published at the end of the paper.

The information on literature is given in the FOOTNOTES according to the following rules.

For the first citation, a detailed description of the bibliographic unit is given, usually including the name(s) of the author, the title of the paper, the publisher, the place and year of publication and the page number given. For all types of publications, the surname and then the initial letter of the author’s name are given (different authors are separated by a semicolon), the title of the paper is written in italics (titles of books, articles), and different data are separated exclusively by commas and are always listed in the same order.

Books

First entry:

Bačić, A.; Bačić, P., Legislatures and parliamentarism (constitutional chrestomathy), Faculty of Law in Split, Split 2007, p. 310.

Further citations:

When notes referring to the same source are cited consecutively, the mark ibidem, abbreviated ibid, is used. (“in the same place”, “the same”). Together with the abbreviation Ibid. the number of the cited page is also indicated.

¹ Bačić, A.; Bačić, P., Legislatures and parliamentarism (constitutional chrestomathy), Pravni fakultet u Splitu, Split 2007, p. 310.

² Ibid., p. 320.

When the same work is immediately continued with the same pages, the Latin term loc. cit. (loco citato, in the quoted place) is used.

¹ Hrabar, D.; Hlača, N.; Jakovac-Lozić, D.; Korać Graovac, A.; Majstorović, I.; Čulo Margaletić, A.; Šimović, I., Family Law, Official Gazette, Zagreb 2021, p. 120.

²Loc. cit.

If it is not possible to use ibid. with page number or loc. cit., it is obligatory to refer to the note in which the first reference is made. Only the author’s surname is given, and if there are more than three authors, only the surname of the first author and the abbreviation et al.

Hrabar, D. et al., op. cit. note 180, p. 125.

Articles in journals

First entry:

Bilić, A., The impact of COVID-certificates on the right to work and the labor law status of workers in the Republic of Croatia, Collected Papers of the Faculty of Law in Split, year 59, 3/2022, p. 539.

Further citations (according to the rules indicated):

Bilić, op. cit. note 15, p. 541.

When several different works by the same author are mentioned for the first time in the same note, it is cited as follows:

Bilić, The impact…, op. cit. note 15, p. 538.

Legal acts

The names of legal acts are not written in italics. When the act is first mentioned in the text, the full name of the act and the official gazette in which it was published should be given. Later, the usual abbreviations may be used, with a reference to the abbreviation in the first note mentioning the regulation (further in the text).

Criminal Procedure Act, Official Gazette, No. 152/2008, 76/2009, 80/2011, 121/2011, 91/2012, 143/2012, 56/2013, 145/2013, 152/2014, 70/2017, 126/2019, 126/2019, 80/ 2022 (hereinafter: CPA)

Art. 6. of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, Official Gazette – International Conventions, No. 18/1997, 6/1999, 14/2002, 13/2003, 9/2005, 1/2006, 2/2010, 13 /2017 (hereinafter: ECHR)

The same rules apply to European regulations:

Council Directive (EU) 2016/1164 of 12 July 2016 laying down rules against tax avoidance practices directly affecting the functioning of the internal market, OJ L 193 of 19/07/2016 (hereinafter: Council Directive (EU) 2016/1164)

Network resources

The name of the author and the title of the article or the name of the website, the link to the website and the date the source was accessed are given. The link to the website is not highlighted in any way.

Annual Migration and Asylum Report 2020 for Croatia, National Report (Part II), June 2021, p. 33, https://emn.gov.hr/emn-publikacije/ emn-izvjesca/godisnje-izvjesce-o-migracijama-i-azilu-za-2020-za-hrvatsku/637, 5 June, 2022.

On the other hand, if the main text states what it is about, the note can only contain:

See https://www.pledgesports.org/2020/01/most-followed-football-clubs-on-socialmedia/, 26 February, 2022.

REFERENCES (BIBLIOGRAPHY):

All sources used in the paper should be listed in the bibliography at the end of the paper and arranged and numbered alphabetically by the author’s (or first author’s) surname. The sources should be divided according to the following categories: Books and Articles, Legal Rules, Court Practice, Online Sources. For journal articles, the first and last pages of the article must be listed in the bibliography.

For writing a PAPER, please follow paper template!

PAPER TEMPLATE

Your full Name and Surname:

Institution/Affiliation of Your work, State:

E-mail address:

THE TITLE OF THE PAPER (font size 14)

ABSTRACT (font size 12)

The abstract (up to 250 words) should contain a short and clear presentation of the topic analysed in the paper, a description of the objective and methods as well as an explanation of the scientific/professional contribution of the written paper. – Font size 10, italic, with a spacing of 1.

Keywords (up to five keywords): Keyword 1, Keyword 2, Keyword 3, Keyword 4, Keyword 5 – font size 10, italic

INTRODUCTION

THE FIRST-LEVEL HEADING OF THE MAIN TEXT

2.1. The sub-heading

Other sub-heading

ANOTHER FIRST-LEVEL HEADING

3.1. Another sub-heading

Another sub-heading

….

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

BOOKS AND ARTICLES

LEGAL ACTS

NETWORK RESOURCES

This Journal publishes papers which are accepted for presentation at the International Scientific Conference “Law, Legality, Justice and Jurisprudence – Modern Aspects and New Challenges” and had two positive reviews. The author shall obtain permission from the Editors of the Journal if wishes to publish the paper in another conference proceedings, a scientific journal or elsewhere. The authors guarantees that paper has not been published previously, i.e. that it is not in the process of being published elsewhere. The author guarantees that the papers, books and opinions of other authors used in the paper are clearly listed and labelled in the text or as sources in footnotes and in the references.

In the event of suspicion of unethical scientific behavior (plagiarism, self-plagiarism, manipulation of data, change of authorship, etc.) the Editorial Board shall take appropriate measures guided by the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

The undersigned author accepts responsibility for the accuracy of the published paper. The undersigned author guarantees that the paper submitted for publication is exclusively the result of his/her own research work and that he/she is the owner of the copyright.

Reviewers are responsible to warn the editor-in-chief/executice editor if there is any reason for “conflict of interest” (Reviewers Conflict of Interest Statement) e.g. any current professional, financial, commercial, legal or other interest which could: significantly impair the individual’s objectivity in carrying out his or her duties and responsibilities regarding the reviewer’s process; create an unfair advantage for any person or organization; having a personal relationship (family or close friends) with the author. For this policy, circumstances that could lead a reasonable person to question an individual’s objectivity, or whether an unfair advantage has been created, constitute a potential conflict of interest. It is not considered a “conflict of interest” if the reviewers have worked together with the author at the same institution(s), have worked together with the author in a collaborative project(s), or if they have co-organized an event(s).

All submitted papers will be double-blind reviewed by the reviewers (domestic and international) which are experts in the field of the paper topic.

Peer review process is carried out by filling out the Reviewer Assessment Form in which reviewers give their brief explanation on the following:

The topic is scientifically/professionally relevant (the topic has been raised often, rarely, never etc.);
The presented arguments contain evidence of current practice and/or research;
The manuscript makes a significant (practical, useful, plausible) scientific contribution to the field;
The major research findings are clearly presented explained and can be tested (clarity of goals and used methodology etc.);
The summary reflects the main constructs, problems and findings;
The specialized terminology is usefully defined and correctly applied;
The references on the subject are sufficiently used (information about the numbers of pages, numbers of references, relevant sources of literature and jurisprudence);
The manuscript doesn’t contain indicators of plagiarism or un-cited sources;
The manuscript is well-structured; the title and section headings reflect the content and logically follow;
The conclusion is well-grounded and logically drawn (objectives are reached etc.).

After a double blind review by at least two reviewers who gave a positive reviews, the accepted paper for publication will be categorised as:

1) Original scientific paper – the manuscript is characterised by originality of conclusions, or presents previously unpublished original results of scientific research in accordance with the highest criteria of scientific methodology;

2) Preliminary communication – the manuscript presents primary findings of research in progress, which due to current interest require immediate publication, but without the level of deep and thorough study required for a original scientific paper;

3) Review article – the manuscript contains a detailed and comprehensive critical review of a certain problem area, but with no significant originality of results, and includes a detailed reference list relevant for a particular topic; and

4) Professional paper – the manuscript is not necessarily related to original scientific research, rather contains information and experience relevant for a certain profession without scientific features.

If paper get one (1) positive and one (1) negative review, a third review is required. If paper get two (2) negative reviews, the paper will be rejected for publication.

Immediately after the review process finish, the author will be notified of acceptance/non-acceptance of the paper for publication.

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