Local and Regional Self-Government Law

GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE COURSE
Course titleLocal and Regional Self-Government Law
Chair of Constitutional and European Law
Number of ECTS credits6
Lecturerprof.dr.sc. Anita Blagojević
Office AddressRadićeva 13 10/17
Telephone+385 31 224 500
e-mailanita.blagojevic@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 distinguish basic local self-government terms, Describe basic local self-government terms in comparative perspective, Describe and explain local self-government regulation in the Republic of Croatia, Analyse the functioning of local self-government in the Republic of Croatia, Analysis the model of protection of the right to 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
Optional reading
Brunčić, Davor (ur.). Lokalna samouprava - hrvatska i nizozemska iskustva. 2006. Hrvatski institut za lokalnu samoupravu,
Babac, Branko, Lauc, Zvonimir. Regija i regionalizacija u Hrvatskoj, ustavno-pravne i političko-upravne problematike. 1989. Pravni fakultet Osijek
Lauc, Zvonimir. Acquis Vijeća Europe i hrvatska lokalna samouprava - Ustavne promjene Republike Hrvatske i Europska Unija. 2010. Pravni fakultet u Splitu
Hrženjak, Juraj. Lokalna i regionalna samouprava u Republici Hrvatskoj. 2004. Informator, Zagreb