Local Self-Government - Seminar

GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE COURSE
Course titleLocal Self-Government - Seminar
Chair of Constitutional and European Law
Number of ECTS credits2
Associate Ivica Pavić
Office AddressRadićeva 13 4
Telephone+385 31 224 591
e-mailivica.pavic@pravos.hr
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Course content

I. Introduction to local government and local governance, II. Multi-layer government, local competences and principles of local self-government, III. Comparative local self-government, IV. Criteria and dilemmas of territorial and competence division, V. Local self-government in the Republic of Croatia, VI. Financing local self-government, VII. Local elections system, VIII. Local self-government supervision and constitutionality/legality control, IX. Regional development and cooperation

Course learning outcomes

Define and differentiate between local self-government terms, Appropriate use of available local self-government literature, Research a given topic by set or personally chosen criteria, Writing and oral presentation of a research paper (seminar), Critical analysis of the functioning of local self-government in the Republic of Croatia,

TEACHING METHODS
☐ Lectures
☑ Seminars and workshops
☐ Exercises
☑ Independent tasks
☐ Multimedia and internet
☐ Distance education
☐ Office hours
☐ Laboratory
☐ Field work
☐ Mentoring work
☑ Knowledge test
EXAMINATION PROCEDURE
☑ Oral exam
☑ Written exam
☐ Colloquium
Other:
ADDITIONAL FACTS
LIST OF LITERATURE FOR STUDIES AND EXAMS
Required reading
Blagojević, Anita, Tucak, Ivana. Pravni i institucionalni okvir hrvatske lokalne samouprave. 2021. Pravni fakultet Osijek
Koprić, Ivan (ur.). Javna uprava: nastavni materijali. 2006. Društveno veleučilište, Pravni fakultet Zagreb
Koprić, Ivan (ur.). Reforma lokalne i regionalne samouprave u Hrvatskoj - odabrana poglavlja. 2013. Institut za javnu upravu, Pravni fakultet Zagreb
Optional reading
Lauc, Zvonimir. Acquis Vijeća Europe i hrvatska lokalna samouprava, Ustavne promjene Republike Hrvatske i Europska Unija. 2010. Pravni fakultet u Splitu
. Europska povelja o lokalnoj samoupravi i lokalna samouprava u Republici Hrvatskoj (Zbornik radova). 1998. Osječko-baranjska županija, Pravni fakultet Osijek, Veleposlanstvo lokalne demokracije Slovenije, Osijek
Lauc, Zvonimir. Decentralizacija: uvjet optimalizacije lokalne i regionalne samouprave. 2001. Hrvatska javna uprava, 3(2001), 2
Lauc, Zvonimir. Lokalna samouprava u Republici Hrvatskoj - de lege ferenda. 2000. Zbornik radova Pravnog fakulteta u Zagrebu, 50(2000), 1/2
Lauc, Zvonimir. Promicanje i provedba načela Europske povelje o lokalnoj samoupravi, osobito načela supsidijarnosti. 1999. Hrvatska javna uprava, 1(1999), 3
Hrženjak, Juraj. Lokalna i regionalna samouprava u Republici Hrvatskoj. 2004. Informator, Zagreb