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Bratislava Law Review
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ISSN 2585-7088 · Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Law · 335 articles in the index
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Customary Norms of International Environmental Law
International environmental law is understood as a set of norms and principles regulating the relations of subjects of international law in the field of environmental protection, rational use of natural resources, ensuring environmental safety and environmental human rights. This is a relatively…
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Conceptualising Waste Prevention under EU Law in the Context of the Circular Economy
The transition from a linear to a circular economy is one of the principal goals of contemporary European Union policy and law, with waste prevention being the top priority. Even though EU policy documents keep emphasising the importance of the circular economy, progress remains slow, as indicated…
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The Consequences of Breaking Unwritten Moral Rules
This article examines the critical role of individual and situational factors in fostering unethical corporate behaviour within the highly regulated healthcare sector. Utilising two landmark cases—the Theranos technological fraud and the Purdue Pharma opioid crisis—the study analyses how leadership…
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Human Dignity in European Criminal Law
The article explores the principle of human dignity in criminal law in Europe, with a focus on its application in the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). As one of the core values underpinning modern democratic…
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Economic Analysis of Criminal Law
The paper discusses the teleological-functionalism of Criminal Law and its paradox between freedom and control, promoting an interpretative economic analysis of Criminal Law. To this end, the following question was formulated: what is meant by an Interpretative Economic Analysis of Criminal Law…
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Restorative Justice: At the Border between Criminal Law and Morality
In this paper, I examine the criminal law institutions of restorative justice within Hungarian law through the lens of morality. In my view, in an era characterised by increasingly self-aware citizens, compliance with the law cannot be solely enforced through the fear of retribution. Consequently…
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Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Face of Climate-Induced Mobility
The impact of climate change on cultural heritage is a relatively new topic. The primary reason for its previous neglect lies in the fact that the consequences of climate change have caused existential threats, such as the submergence or uninhabitability of certain parts of the world, in light of…
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Reconceptualising Cultural Rights
Cultural rights remain underdeveloped and marginalised within international human rights law, often defined by vague or state-centric frameworks that reflect Eurocentric values. This article critically re-examines the normative foundations of cultural rights as articulated in core instruments such…
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The Intersection of Medical Factors and Legal Responsibility in Surrogacy Arrangements
The contribution addresses the complex issues and legal dilemmas that arise—or will increasingly arise in the future—for courts when dealing with questions of liability related to surrogacy. As explained in the article, the very arrangement per se entails certain risks associated not only with…
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No One's Hurt but Me
This analytically oriented, theoretically, practically, and empirically grounded article examines the key premise of autonomy. Namely, acting upon one's will approved by law has eventual negative effects on individual concerned only while rest of society remains intact. The text critically…
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Education-to-Work Transition and the Risk of Exploitation
Law graduates are entering a progressively competitive labour market, marked by the expectation of many employers to recruit “work-ready” job candidates. This imposes significant pressure on law students to gain work experience even before graduation, often through unregulated, unpaid, or underpaid…
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Effectiveness and Legal Compliance of Sanctions for Corruption-Related Criminal Offences
Corruption represents a global phenomenon, particularly pronounced in states characterised by weak institutions, economic crises, and challenges in the rule of law. In order to address corruption, states establish both normative and institutional frameworks, whereby, as regards the normative…
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If You Cannot Prohibit or Divide It, Go for It
Competition protection in the EU faces the question of how to deal with two simultaneous challenges. The first challenge is that modern technologies, especially digital technologies, have definitively become the driving force behind innovation, competitiveness, and the future shape of the economy…
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Cybersecurity and the Slovenian Electrical Grid
This article examines cybersecurity risks to the Slovenian electrical grid, a critical infrastructure asset, amid escalating global threats from state-sponsored actors, geopolitical tensions, and technological vulnerabilities, including ICT interdependencies, legacy systems, IoT devices, and supply…
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Kováč, Peter et al.: Súdne lekárstvo [Forensic Medicine]
In 2025, the Slovak book market was enriched by a scientific publication entitled Súdne lekárstvo [Forensic Medicine], prepared by distinguished experts. In many respects, the work exhibits attributes of uniqueness, as it offers a high-quality and comprehensive perspective on this traditional yet…
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3rd Czecho-Slovak Symposium on the Challenges of AI for Administrative Law: A Fleet of Autonomous Vehicles on the Horizon!
The rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) and automation technologies is increasingly impacting the functioning of public administration in European countries. In recent years, considerable attention has been paid not only to the use of AI in administrative decision-making, but also to…
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Effective Sanctioning of Environmental Offences: Cooperation between the Slovak Inspectorate of the Environment, the Prosecutor's Office and the Police – A Round Table
On 5 March 2026, Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Law organised a scientific event titled "Roundtable - Effective Sanctioning of Environmental Offences: Cooperation between the Slovak Inspectorate of the Environment, the Prosecutor's Office and the Police". The event was organised in…
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Berdisová, Lucia: Ludwig Wittgenstein a kopernikovský obrat v práve [Ludwig Wittgenstein and a Copernican Revolution in Law]
"...when we talk about legal science, everything is even more complicated, because law has been transcended by philosophy, subverted by economics, surpassed by anthropology, and taken over by sociology." In addition to being part of Lucia Berdisová's reviewed work, the quote above could easily…
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CJEU: Cupriak-Trojan and Trojan v. Wojewoda Mazowiecki (Case C-713/23)
The present commentary examines the recent judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in Cupriak-Trojan case, which addresses the obligation of Member States to recognise the civil status of same-sex marriages lawfully concluded in another Member State in the context of free…
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ECtHR: BRD – Groupe Société Générale S.A. v. Romania (Application No. 38798/13, 18 March 2025)
Dawn raids, or inspections conducted by competition authorities in the EU (whether by the Commission or by a National Competition Authority), are subject to decades of discussions when it comes to their compatibility with human rights. It has been established that legal persons also have the right…