prof. dr.
Saša Zagorc
univ. dipl. prav.

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Habilitations
redni profesor Ustavno pravo
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Contact
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Thursday 13.30, email announcement
Saša Zagorc is a full professor at the Department of Constitutional Law. After completing an internship at the Ljubljana High Court, he joined the faculty in 2002 as a young researcher. He completed his Master's degree in 2004 and his PhD in 2008. He has been a guest lecturer or researcher at several European universities (Tübingen, Catania, Bergen, Palermo, Reykjavik, Yeditepe, Prague, Bratislava). He has participated in more than 20 national and international scientific research projects. His main research interests are Slovenian and European constitutional law, electoral law and human rights. He has been a member of three expert groups in the National Assembly on the revision of the Constitution of the Republic of Slovenia and several working groups on the legislation proposals, in particular in the field of elections and the implementation of ECtHR judgments. He served as Deputy Member of the National Election Commission in 2004-2012 and 2016-2020. He is a member of the Odysseus Academic Network of experts in the field of asylum and migration and several other domestic and international professional associations.
Select publications
ZAGORC, S., FAJDIGA M. (2023): Freedom or feardom of expression of judges? : exploring the "chilling effect" on judicial speech. European constitutional law review 19 (2023) 2, 249-270. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/european-constitutional-law-review/article/abs/freedom-or-feardom-of-expression-of-judges-exploring-the-chilling-effect-on-judicial-speech/58E40A934F27EB7D9ACD0ECFA062EC06?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=socialnetwork
ZAGORC, S., KOS, M. (2022): European values and national constitutions: bringing the EU Charter in from uncharted waters. in: CASAROSA, F. (ed.), MORARU, Madalina (ed.), The practice of judicial interaction in the field of fundamental rights : the added value of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, 59-79.
ZAGORC, S. (2022): Clinical legal education and migration: challenges in the academy. in: GRIMES, R. (ed.), HONUSKOVÁ, V. (ed.), STEGE, U (ed.), Teaching migration and asylum law: theory and practice, Abingdon, New York (NY): Routledge, 129-136.
GRAD, F., KAUČIČ, I., ZAGORC, S. (2022): Ustavno pravo. 4., spremenjena in dopolnjena izd. Ljubljana: Pravna fakulteta.
GRAD, F., SOVDAT, J., ZAGORC, S. (2021): Volilno pravo. Ljubljana: Pravna fakulteta, 2021.
Projects
Analiza izrednih ukrepov: Zaščita človekovih pravic in preprečevanje družbene škode v dobi nenehnih kriz Raziskovalni projekt ARIS (J5-4588).
Izbira sodnikov pod drobnogledom: sodniška neodvisnost, zakonitost in odlike J5-4583.
TRIIAL 2. TRust, Independence, Impartiality and Accountability of judges and arbitrators safeguarding the rule of Law under the EU Charter - part 2. Research and training project DG Justice.
Vključevanje pravnega izrazja evropskega prava v slovenski pravni sistem. Raziskovalni program ARIS (P5-0217).