Can constitutions actually pre-empt religious or any other intolerance?

“Constitutional Intolerance. The Fashioning of the Other in Europe’s Constitutional Repertoires” (CUP, 2025), by Mariëtta D. C. van der Tol (University of Oxford), is without doubt a book that is timely in topic, very interesting in its interdisciplinary character, offering … Continued

Absolute Human Rights

The preamble to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted on 10 December 1948 emphasizes that “recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, … Continued

Does Ethical Objectivism Imply Legal Non-Positivism?

There is an intuitive claim that a metaethical position of ethical objectivism goes hand in hand with legal non-positivism, i.e. a theory of law that makes legal validity dependent on morality. The general claim (let us call it the “Common-sense … Continued

Less Is More? On The Number of Judges and Judicial Efficiency

A common assumption: inefficiency and vacancy in the judiciary The most common assumption in the Serbian legal public is that the relative inefficiency of the Serbian judicial system is caused by the number of vacant judicial seats and the small … Continued

AI & Law: Are We Witnessing the Death of the Legal Author?

The contemporary scenario: AI, life, and law It is commonplace now to hear about the use of artificial intelligence (AI) – especially, large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT – in basically every aspect of life. Discussion about the extent, … Continued