Politician and lawyer. Member of Parliament since 1965, participant in the Croatian Spring movement. Member of Parliament of the Republic of Croatia (1990 and 1992), President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia (1991), first Croatian Prime Minister, Chairman of the House of Representatives of the Croatian Parliament (1992-94). One of the founders of the Croatian Democratic …
Josip Kregar
Tenured professor of sociology and sociology of law at the Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb. He was visiting professor at the University of Graz in 1992 and Yale University in the United States. President of Croatian Transparency International (1998-2002), Chairman of the Management Board of Open Society Institute – Croatia and Center for Democracy …
Vjeran Katunarić
Tenured professor of sociology at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zadar. He researches and studies ethnic relations, multiculturalism and cultural politics, as well as social theory. Vjeran Katunaric was a visiting professor at several international universities in Sweden, USA and Germany an project manager of two projects dealing with culture (Izvještaj o kulturnoj politici …
Ivo Josipović (membership inactive)
Since 2010 President of Republic of Croatia; tenured professor of criminal procedural law at the Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb. He has published numerous scientific papers and articles relating to criminal procedural law, international criminal judicial system, misdemeanor law and infringement of copyright. Participated in drafting legislation and wrote legal commentary. Studies and plays …
Tvrtko Jakovina
Professor at the Department of History, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb. He is the author of „Socialism on the American Grain“ /Socijalizam na američkoj pšenici/ (2002), „The American Communist Ally. Croats, Tito’s Yugoslavia and the United States 1945-1955“ /Američki komunistički saveznik; Hrvati, Titova Jugoslavija i Sjedinjene Američke Države 1945-1955/“ (2003), “The …
Mihajlo Dika
Tenured professor of civil and procedural law at the Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb. Published numerous papers in the areas of civil action, non-contentious, execution, bankruptcy, private international, comparative process, arbitration and validation law. Major works: Stečajno pravo i pravo prisilne nagodbe /Bankruptcy Law and Mandatory Settlement Law/ (1976), Novo parnično i izvršno pravo …
Gvozden Flego
Member of Parliament of the Republic of Croatia, tenured professor of social philosophy at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zagreb. Minister of Science and Technology (2002-03), President of the Croatian Philosophical Society (1983-85), member of the International Steering Committee of the Higher Education Support Program (HESP), Open Society Institute (OSI), Budapest/New York (1994-98). Main …
Public Discussion on University Autonomy
Centre for Democracy and Law Miko Tripalo and National Council for Higher Education organized a public discussion on the topic of University Autonomy on Thursday, 19 May 2011, in the Great Hall of the University of Zagreb. Moderators: Prof.dr.sc. Slaven Ravlić, Faculty of Law and Centre Miko Tripalo Prof.dr.sc. Vedran Mornar, Faculty of Electrical Engineering …
GONG Receives Centre Miko Tripalo Award for 2010
Centre for Democracy and Law Miko Tripalo awarded its annual Centre Miko Tripalo Award for 2010 on Thursday, 21 April 2011 at the Rectorate of the University of Zagreb. The Award was given to non-governmental organization GONG for its achievements in promoting democracy and political rights of citizens, as well as in contributing to implementation …
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University Autonomy
Proposals of the new laws on higher education, science and universities, that were presented for public discussion and then withdrawn for revisions, were not only met with fierce public criticism from the scientific and academic community but also prompted a series of questions that require more detailed discussion. One of these is the question of …
