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The Issue of Non-Implementation of Court Decisions in Bosnia and Herzegovina Now Affecting Arbitration Awards

Road to non-implementation Bosnia and Herzegovina has earned a negative reputation on the issue of non-implementation of judgments. The issue has become an example of systemic failure affecting the very notion of the rule of law and the possibility of the country to fulfill its international obligations. The reasons for such practice can be partially explained …

Double fallacy: Kovačević, Ljubić and paralegal stretching of the boundaries of court decisions

This text is published in the Bosnian language in a similar form at Prometej. Introduction: paralegal stretching of court decisions as a political tool In the following lines, I will address the phenomenon of “paralegal stretching” of court decisions — a practice in which final and binding court rulings, under the guise of subsequent and …

The Polis and the Citizen: What Ancient Greek Political Thought Can – and Cannot – Teach Bosnia and Herzegovina About a Civic State

In Bosnia and Herzegovina, the phrase „civic state“ rarely remains a neutral constitutional term for long. To some, it promises equal political status regardless of ethnic identity. To others, it conceals a majoritarian project that could weaken the safeguards of the constituent peoples. The disagreement is not merely about electoral engineering. It reflects a deeper …