peer reviewed / The position of the Romany community in the Republic of Croatia greatly correlates to its usual perception and status in other European countries. The prevalent characteristic of this status is the marginalisation of the Roma (of economic, cultural, political, social and spatial nature), based on poor education, non-inclusion in for...
peer reviewed / Shapes are in principle eligible for trade mark protection. However, in light of Article 7(1)(e)(ii) CTMR as interpreted by the European Court of Justice in Philips v Remington, this is not the case for shapes that are essentially functional. The same issue now lies before the ECJ once again in Lego v OHIM – MEGA Brands.
peer reviewed / The Roma are one of the most recognisable, peculiar and vivid ethnic minorities in the Republic of Croatia. At the same time, they are also the most stigmatised and marginalised Croatian minority, whereas their marginalisation is multilayered and complex, affecting their civil, cultural, economic, social and political rights. The Ro...
peer reviewed / The Italian Province of South Tyrol is often presented as a successful model of the legal regulation of interethnic relations between the majority and minority population in ethnically heterogeneous regions in Europe. South Tyrol has been a place of coexistence of three ethnic groups for centuries, viz. the Italian, the Ladin, and t...
peer reviewed / Based on Article 1024 of the Maritime Code of the Republic of Croatia (1994), and in accordance with Article 55 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (1982), the Croatian Parliament has adopted the Decision on the Extension of the Jurisdiction of the Republic of Croatia in the Adriatic Sea at its session of October ...
peer reviewed / The 2005 Action Plan is the starting point of several initiatives of the European Commission to promote “private enforcement” in the field of State aid law. Third parties have been benefiting from the reinforced role played by national courts and have been seen as the guarantee for a better enforcement at national level, especially ...
peer reviewed / With a view to recent European standards affecting social inclusion of particularly vulnerable groups, the author analyses the specific role of ethnic minorities in defining a comprehensive economic development policy. Social models that enable the active participation of minorities in economic life at a national, regional or intern...
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peer reviewed / Matters of nationality are generally considered to be within the domestic jurisdiction of States. While previously States strived for the reduction of cases of multiple nationality, the unprecedented scale of labour migration and mixed marriages, coupled with the attempts of several Central and South Eastern European States to stren...
peer reviewed / To what extent do Member States remain at liberty to structure their national administrative enforcement authorities? The Court of Justice more intrusively intervenes in this regard, as the Vebic judgment reflects. This article uses the judgment as an inroad into opening a debate on how far EU intervention in national institutional ...
