Local and Regional Self-Government Law
            
		| GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE COURSE | |
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| Course title | Local and Regional Self-Government Law | 
| Chair of Constitutional and European Law | |
| Number of ECTS credits | 6 | 
| Lecturer | prof.dr.sc. Anita Blagojević | 
| Office Address | Radićeva 13 10/17 | 
| Telephone | +385 31 224 500 | 
| anita.blagojevic@pravos.hr | |
| COURSE DESCRIPTION | 
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| 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 | |
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| ☑ 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  | 
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| ADDITIONAL FACTS | 
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| LIST OF LITERATURE FOR STUDIES AND EXAMS | 
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| 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 | 
				