The Monograph is a part of the series International Encyclopaedia for Medical Law (a subset of the International Encyclopaedia of Laws) that covers national and international medical law. The monograph contains, besides a general introduction, a description of the law related to the medical profession, such as access to the medical profession, illegal practice of medicine and control over the practice of medicine; the physician-patient relationship (the rights and duties of physicians and patients) and specific issues such as abortion and euthanasia; and, the national law dealing with the physician in relation to his colleagues, to other health care providers and the health care system.
COBISS.SI-ID: 13053777
Organised crime, whether or not in its Transnational manifestation, is usually depicted in huge threatening dimensions. However, despite this sometimes superhuman representation one should not forget that we are dealing with a human phenomenon and, therefore, should not lose sight of the corresponding human dimensions. This also concerns related phenomena such as money laundering and corruption. In this eleventh volume of the Cross-border Crime Colloquium series, twenty six European experts present their latest or on-going studies and research findings. The seventeen chapters cover a range of subjects which are of lasting interest for researchers as well as policy-makers: organised crime, criminal finances, money laundering and corruption. They make us aware of the human dimension in misdeeds as well as the related policy making.
COBISS.SI-ID: 1635150
In the first part of the article, I describe the origins of neoliberal developmental states in CEE. I start with the outline of administrative reforms during the age of the Washington consensus and examine how the neoliberal legal policies and theories affected the administrative structures built in that period. I try to show that under the influence of the neoliberal "rule of law" model CEE developed a distinct, neoliberal developmental state. During the early stage of administrative reforms, they followed a one-size-fits-all approach and hastened to transplant various Westernstyle administrative structures without paying sufficient attention to social context and disregarding the policy relevance of such rules. I use the example of civil service reforms because they were at the epicenter of the first stage of administrative reforms. In the second part of the article, I discuss the EUinspired innovation development policies, which gradually emerged as a major albeit truncated version of developmental policy in CEE. But then again, the inadequacy of the administrative structures built during the early stage of transition turned out to be one of the key inhibiting factors that prevented these new development policies from succeeding. However, as the Strategy for Poland, the only alternative development strategy to the Washington consensus in the region shows, selection of adequate economic policies is as important as the creation of adequate legal and political institutions. Poland achieved remarkable economic results with institutions which were considered to be inadequate by actors like the EU, the World Bank and IMF. I conclude with general observations about the importance of CEE examples for development policies of other middleincome countries (MICs) in the region.
COBISS.SI-ID: 13198417
This paper analyzes new challenges in the field of ambient air protection, such as the use of new energy-generating products, and assesses the air quality protection responsibilities of local communities in European Union (EU) Member States. Domestic heating systems are a major source of air pollution. Thus, chimney-sweeping services are very important and must be regulated to provide fire safety and guarantee better ambient air quality. This paper analyzes Slovenian legislation regulating chimney-sweeping services and compares the Slovenian laws with comparable laws of other European countries and the national laws of EU Member States to examine the laws' effectiveness in regulating and protecting air quality. More specifically, the paper uses legal and economic analyses to examine the efficiency of current legislation pertaining to chimney-sweeping services. The paper concludes that, consistent with theories of assymetric information and negative eternalities, licensing would be more effective in meeting the challenges of ambient air protection than current exclusive concession agrements, which effectively establish geographical monopolies in chimney-sweeping services.
COBISS.SI-ID: 12357197
The paper examines almost two decades long negotiations between Slovenia and Croatia which culminated in the conclusion of the Arbitration Agreement in November 2009 to submit their land and maritime border dispute to an ad hoc arbitration. A major role in the final stage of the process was played by the Commission of the European Union. The conclusion of this agreement took place in specific political circumstances, when both States, with identical strategic goals, resolution of the long-standing border dispute and Croatia’s membership in the EU, realized their interrelatedness and seized a special momentum which enabled the leaderships of the two countries to find a balanced solution and convincingly defend it before their respective domestic publics. The paper discusses the past role played by the EU in the negotiation process leading to the conclusion of the Agreement and presents also its envisaged future role in the implementation of the Agreement. Considering that small number of States from the Asia Pacific have filed declarations recognizing jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice as compulsory and a number of existing territorial disputes in this area, the paper seeks to evaluate potential benefits and usefulness of the approach taken in the discussed case and innovative solutions contained in the Arbitration Agreement for the future peaceful resolution of the existing territorial disputes in the Asia Pacific.
COBISS.SI-ID: 13603153