ZAGREB, March 16 (Hina) - Developed and democratic Croatia is inconceivable without a contemporary legislation, an independent judicial authority, capable lawyers, and an efficient judicial system as a whole, President Stipe Mesic
said on Friday. The role of law practice in the functioning of the judicial system is especially important today when Croatia is undergoing a process of fast democratisation and rapprochement with the European Union, Mesic said in his opening address at Croatian Lawyers Days. The 19th annual event is focusing on law practice in the 21st century. Alongside numerous legal experts from Croatia, in attendance are representatives of foreign bar associations, among them the president of the international union of attorneys, Miguel Estrada Samano. Today's speeches were made by the president of the council of bar associations and lawyers organisations of the Council of Europe, Rupert Wolff, and Croatian atto
ZAGREB, March 16 (Hina) - Developed and democratic Croatia is
inconceivable without a contemporary legislation, an independent
judicial authority, capable lawyers, and an efficient judicial
system as a whole, President Stipe Mesic said on Friday.
The role of law practice in the functioning of the judicial system
is especially important today when Croatia is undergoing a process
of fast democratisation and rapprochement with the European Union,
Mesic said in his opening address at Croatian Lawyers Days.
The 19th annual event is focusing on law practice in the 21st
century. Alongside numerous legal experts from Croatia, in
attendance are representatives of foreign bar associations, among
them the president of the international union of attorneys, Miguel
Estrada Samano.
Today's speeches were made by the president of the council of bar
associations and lawyers organisations of the Council of Europe,
Rupert Wolff, and Croatian attorneys Marijan Hanzekovic, Mirko
Vrdoljak, and Vlado Svesek.
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