This Bibliography was prepared as a project task within the international project “Advancing Cooperation on the Foundations of Law – ALF,” under the Horizon Europe Twinning program. Due to the nature of the project, the bibliography is primarily focused on several specific, though highly significant topics in legal philosophy and legal theory: (1) the relationship between law and logic, law and argumentation, and legal interpretation; (2) the relationship between law and language; and (3) the relationship between law and morality, and more broadly, between law and practical reason. Therefore, in its title, we briefly named the subject of the bibliography as „legal fundamentals“.
The bibliography spatially encompasses works by authors from the territories of the First and Second Yugoslavia, and temporally covers the twentieth century and the first decades of the twenty-first century. Respecting the fact that multiple countries and legal systems now exist in this region, the bibliographic material has been divided accordingly. Separate bibliographies for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, and Serbia are presented in alphabetical order, along with brief accompanying texts on the historical development of legal fundamentals and legal philosophy generally, in these countries. Due to this method of compilation, the bibliography represents a collective effort, undertaken by a small but selected group of legal philosophers on one hand, and dedicated librarians on the other. Therefore, the editors of the bibliography addresse special expressions of gratitude to its authors. Dragutin Nemec, Ivana Tucak, Ivana Rešetar Čulo, Aleš Novak, Mirela Rožajac Zulčić i Damir Banović.
Like any bibliography, this one does not claim to be exhaustive. In fact, that is impossible, considering that the boundaries separating works in the field it addresses are very fluid,. Despite this, the bibliography can be useful to ones who are interested in the aforementioned topics and who believe that on our languages and in our legal cultures there are valuable works that do not lose much of their original value over time. And it seems that even a first glance at the Bibliography reinforces this belief, showing that the current generation of legal philosophers in this region owes part of their notable achievements to the fact that they stand on the shoulders of our giants from bygone times.
Prof. Goran Dajović
