11. The EU and the many faces of legal pluralism toward a coherent or uniform EU legal order?Matej Avbelj, 2006, izvirni znanstveni članek Opis: In the last decade or so, legal academia has witnessed a literal explosion of discourse of legal pluralism. Far from being an exception here, the field of EU law is at the forefront.1 In this paper we will try to explain briefly what the reasons for this are, and above all what legal pluralism, in its various forms, actually stands for. For this purpose, we will compare the so-called classical conceptions of legal pluralism on the one hand, and legal pluralism as it has emerged in the European Union on the other hand. It will be argued that the classical conceptions of legal pluralism fall short of explaining, and are conceptually different from, the legal pluralism that has been taking root within the EU. Having understood this difference, we will then focus more precisely - and this will constitute the core of the paper - on the European Union and the pluralist challenges that ensue from the uneasy and complex relationships between the legal orders of the Member States and the supranational legal order. The core question in that regard is how to approach the challenges that EU legal pluralism in its various forms and degrees poses for the role that the law is expected to play in the European Union. It will be claimed that the two different responses to this question are: either by preserving EU legal pluralism or by thwarting it, namely, by conceptualising and developing the EU legal order as a coherent or as a uniform legal order. Finally, it will be argued that since each of these two models seems to presume a different image of the European Union, the choice between the two depends on which should better ensure certainty in the allocation of rights and duties that best fits the conception of justice prevailing in the EU.
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12. The conundrum of the Piran Bay : Slovenia v. Croatia - the case of maritime delimitationMatej Avbelj, Jernej Letnar Černič, 2007, izvirni znanstveni članek Opis: Drawing borders between countries has historically been a very demanding task, often underpinned by deeply-rooted emotions that suppress the argumentative dialogue and reasoning and in too many cases has led to long-term general deterioration of relationships which may devolve into war. As the title suggests, the focal point of this paper will be a legal assessment or a legal prediction of the outcome of the maritime border delimitation dispute between Slovenia and Croatia in the northernmost part of the Adriatic Sea, namely in the Piran Bay. The paper will be structured into four parts. In the first part the authors will present the factual context of the dispute, followed by a presentation of the legal arguments that both countries have laid on the table so far. In the third hermeneutical part, these legal arguments will be applied to the factual context assessed in light of valid international law and especially the existing jurisprudence on international juridical and non-juridical bodies, including the practice of other states in similar cases. In the last part the authors will predict the outcome of the case as if they were the arbitrators or the judges of a tribunal to whom the dispute between Slovenia and Croatia will most likely eventually be referred to.
Ključne besede: arbitraža, mednarodno pravo, morske meje, pomorsko pravo, Slovenija, Hrvaška
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13. Ustavni monizem in krčenje referendumskega odločanja - kritična analiza doktrine zlorabe referendumaMatej Avbelj, 2005, izvirni znanstveni članek Opis: Namen tega prispevka je opozoriti na pravno-tehnične šibkosti argumentacije slovenskega ustavnega sodišča pri t. i. doktrini zlorabe referenduma. Očitno je ustavno sodišče v preveliki vnemi uresničiti svojo odločbo prekoračilo ustavne okvire sistema delitve oblasti in tako spodkopalo razmerja med ustavnimi akterji v sistemu zavor in ravnovesij. "Policy" analiza namreč pokaže, da se je tehtnica pri tem nagnila preveč v smer vsakokratne parlamentarne večine, ki sedaj lahko laže odstrani ovire na poti do uresničitve svojih političnih interesov. Slednje lahko na dolgi rok, in nekatera znamenja kažejo na to že sedaj, privede do ustavnega monizma, ki je nasprotje ustavnega pluralizma, v katerem raznoliki politični in drugi interesi tekmujejo med seboj po pravilih političnega diskurza, utemeljenega na priznavanju enakih diskusijskih možnosti in na pripravljenosti za sklepanje kompromisov, utemeljenih na načelih solidarnosti in ustavne strpnosti. Vloga instituta referenduma kot pravice veta, oz. zavore za ustvarjanje ravnovesja, je izjemnega pomena, zato ustavno sodišče odločanja o njegovem omejevanju ne bi smelo puščati v rokah političnega diskurza in tekmujočih političnih sil, ampak bi moralo zanj poskrbeti samo v skladu s pravili pravnega diskurza, ki jih narekuje obstoječi slovenski ustavni red.
Ključne besede: ustavno pravo, referendumi
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14. Questioning EU constitutionalismsMatej Avbelj, 2008, izvirni znanstveni članek Opis: Since the very conception of the European integration, there has been one core question that has attracted much attention and yet it remains contested and in a way unanswered till present. What is the legal nature of the European integration - a query about what integration stands for (the descriptive dimension), how it is to be explained and construed (the explanatory dimension) and eventually what it should stand for (the normative dimension). With the lapse of time, and as integration has evolved, various legal, political, economical and even broader intellectual streams of mutually shared beliefs, we should call them narratives, have emerged all offering their own and separate visions of what constitutes the most appropriate answer. Among them, however, the constitutional narrative has come out as a sort of master or dominant narrative whose answers have reached and persuaded the widest circle of influential stakeholders with the greatest impact on the social construction of the European integration.
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15. Revisiting flexible integration in times of post-enlargement and the lustration of EU constitutionalismMatej Avbelj, 2008, izvirni znanstveni članek Opis: With an eye on the changes of immense if not radical proportions that European integration has undergone in the past five years, are there any grounds for revisiting the process of flexible integration and using some of its potentials for the benefit of integration in the future? This is the main question of this article, the purpose of which, in contrast to the bulk of the literature in this field, is not so much to describe or conduct a textual analysis of the flexibility clauses of various treaties, but to understand the deeper or background reasons why flexibility in the EU has developed as it has. The article consists of three parts. The first part traces the historical development of flexible integration. This is followed by a study of the reasons why flexibility has remained on the margins of the integration process. Finally, having examined the EU’s relatively non-flexible past and the reasons for this, the focus moves to its present and future.
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16. Trajni in neusahljivi temelj slovenske državnosti?Matej Avbelj, 2010, izvirni znanstveni članek Opis: Skorajda dvajset let po razpadu nekdanje skupne države se Slovenija in Hrvaška še vedno nista uspeli dogovoriti niti o natančnem poteku kopenske meje niti o njeni določitvi na morju.(Neuspelih) poskusov je bilo že kar nekaj. Zadnji v vrsti je arbitražni sporazum med Vlado Republike Slovenije in Vlado Republike Hrvaške o določitvi morske in kopenske meje med državama (v nadaljevanju arbitražni sporazum). Tega je slovenska Vlada uspela izpogajati v kontekstu hrvaškega približevanja EU, in sicer po utemeljeni blokadi pristopnih pogajanj, a v odsotnosti soglasja v slovenskem političnem prostoru kakor tudi v strokovnih krogih. Usoda arbitražnega sporazuma, ki ga je Hrvaška že ratificirala, je zato v Sloveniji negotova. 6. junija 2010 bomo o njem odločali državljani na naknadnem zakonodajnem referendumu. Toda arbitražni sporazum je že prestal vsaj eno od postavljenih ovir: oceno ustavnosti pred Ustavnim sodiščem Republike Slovenije. Na predlog Vlade je moralo Ustavno sodišče izreči mnenje, ali je določba člena 3 a arbitražnega sporazuma, ki se glasi, da »Arbitražno sodišče določi potek meje med Republiko Slovenijo in Republiko Hrvaško na kopnem in morju,« v skladu z Ustavo. Da bi moglo razsoditi o tem vprašanju, je moralo najprej opredeliti t. i. merili ustavnosodne presoje. Tako je odločilo, da se bo postavljeno vprašanje presojalo glede na skladnost s 4. členom Ustave, v skladu s katerim je Slovenija ozemeljsko enotna in nedeljiva država, ter II. razdelkom Temeljne ustavne listine (v nadaljevanju TUL). Ta določa, da so »Državne meje Republike Slovenije […] mednarodno priznane državne meje dosedanje SFRJ z Republiko Avstrijo, z Republiko Italijo in Republiko Madžarsko v delu, v katerem te države mejijo na Republiko Slovenijo, ter meja med Republiko Slovenijo in Republiko Hrvatsko v okviru dosedanje SFRJ«. Potem ko je Ustavno sodišče na opisan način opredelilo merili ustavnosodne presoje, je moralo pred samo izvedbo ustavne presoje razjasniti pravno naravo TUL. Kakšen akt je pravzaprav TUL in v kakšnem odnosu je z Ustavo, da lahko šteje kot upoštevno ustavnosodno merilo? Po mnenju Ustavnega sodišča je Slovenija prav s sprejemom TUL z notranjepravnega vidika postala samostojna in neodvisna država: »TUL je bila sprejeta 25. 6. 1991 kot temeljni konstitutivni državnopravni akt Republike Slovenije [… z namenom] ustavnopravno konstituirati in mednarodnopravno deklarirati novo suvereno državo, ki bo enakopraven subjekt mednarodne skupnosti.« Poleg teh deklaratornih mednarodnopravnih učinkov pa je imela TUL tudi in predvsem notranje konstitutivne pravne učinke: »Ustavnopravni učinek II. razdelka TUL je bil v tem, da je opredelil državne meje in s tem določil ozemlje, na katerem je Republika Slovenija postala samostojna in neodvisna država. […] Določba II. razdelka TUL je tako konstitucionalizirala državne meje Republike Slovenije.« Na tej podlagi je Ustavno sodišče zaključilo, da je »TUL formalno veljaven ustavni akt ter je kot taka trajni in neusahljivi ustavnopravni temelj državnosti Republike Slovenije.« S temi besedami je Ustavno sodišče opredelilo vsebino TUL kot t. i. neodtujljivo epistemično bistvo (irreducible epistemic core) slovenskega ustavnopravnega reda. Tako se je pridružilo drugim nacionalnim ustavnim sodiščem, ki doktrino neodtujljivega epistemičnega bistva (v nadaljevanju doktrina) poznajo že dolgo in jo v zadnjem času razvijajo predvsem v svojem odnosu do Evropske unije. V nadaljevanju prispevka predstavljamo teoretična izhodišča doktrine in ponujamo kratek primerjalnopravni prikaz njene rabe. Vse to pa z enim temeljnim namenom: podati kritično oceno slovenske rabe te doktrine, tako na načelni ravni in še posebej v konkretnem primeru presoje arbitražnega sporazuma.
Ključne besede: epistemično bistvo, ustavno pravo, ustavno sodišče, arbitražni sporazumi
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17. Security and the transformation of the EU public orderMatej Avbelj, 2013, izvirni znanstveni članek Opis: The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the changing character of the European Union (“EU”) public order under the impact of security concerns. The EU public order has long been characterized by a tension between a more market-oriented, neo-liberal Union and a more socio-political Union. The former would be driven by the EU's four fundamental freedoms, whereas the latter would be achieved and safeguarded through the language and practice of fundamental rights. As other scholarly contributions to the issue have demonstrated, the relationship between fundamental freedoms and fundamental rights is anything but settled. It continues to be subject to many, sometimes potent, legal and political controversies. However, while the EU public order is still in pursuit of the right balance between economic freedoms and socio-political rights, it also has to reckon with another fundamental value: The value of security.
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18. Differentiated integration-farewell to the EU-27?Matej Avbelj, 2013, izvirni znanstveni članek Opis: In light of the persisting economic crisis, momentum has been building in the European Union to embark, once again, on a path towards a more differentiated integration. The calls in favor of the so-called two-speed Europe have sounded increasingly loud and have come from diverse, but highly influential corners of European socio-political life. Against this backdrop, and with an eye to the historical experience with differentiated integration in the EU, this article examines the following: Just how plausible the emergence of a more differentiated Union actually is at this time; if plausible, what form such differentiated Union could take; and whether this development is normatively attractive or not.
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19. Ratio juris : an international journal of jurisprudence and philosophy lawMatej Avbelj, 2014, izvirni znanstveni članek Opis: This article examines the relationship between the concept of sovereignty and the process of European integration. It is argued that the nature of this relationship has been both mutually informative and transformative. As a particular understanding of sovereignty has influenced and determined the perception of European integration, i.e., its conceptualization, so the process of European integration has reflected back on sovereignty and entailed its rethinking. This poses a particular challenge for legal theorists: how to pin down the meaning of sovereignty and European integration so as to put both in the best conceptual and normative light. The article begins by looking at the traditional perspective on sovereignty and how this has been challenged by European integration. The focus then shifts from sovereignty to European integration in order to examine how different perspectives on sovereignty, when used as an epistemic lens for understanding the process of European integration, have produced uneven conceptions of this integration. Finally, the article concludes by making a choice between the various conceptions of sovereignty and European integration. It is argued that the best conception of European integration is offered by the constitutional form of a union founded on pluralist sovereignty
Ključne besede: pravoznanstvo, filozofija prava
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20. Pravno varstvo posameznika v upravnem pravu Evropske unijeMatej Avbelj, 2014, izvirni znanstveni članek Opis: Prispevek se osredotoča na upravno pravo EU, ki je ena od sodobnih pojavnih oblik upravnega prava in katerega obseg
in pomen v zadnjih letih skokovito naraščata. Prispevek uvodoma opredeli, kaj upravno pravo EU sploh je. Temu sledi analiza ustvarjalcev upravnega prava EU, kakor tudi njegovih naslovnikov. V okviru teh je osrednja pozornost namenjena posamezniku. Predstavljeni so različni načini, kako upravno pravo EU vpliva na položaj posameznika in, z druge strani, kako lahko posameznik zavaruje svoje pravice in pravne interese v upravnih postopkih z evropskimi upravnimi organi. Prispevek sklene s kratko oceno pravnega položaja posameznika v upravnem pravu EU in z nekaj predlogi za njegovo izboljšavo.
Ključne besede: upravni postopek, človekove pravice, pravna varnost, Evropska unija
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