{"id":10866,"date":"2025-12-19T18:21:44","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T18:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pravnizapisi.rs\/?page_id=10866"},"modified":"2025-12-19T18:24:32","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T18:24:32","slug":"10866-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pravnizapisi.rs\/en\/pravni-zapisi-1-2025\/10866-2\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">PRAVNI ZAPISI \u2022 Year XVI \u2022 no. 2 \u2022 pp. 282\u2013308<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"s1\"><b><i>HOMO IURIDICUS<\/i><\/b><b> AND LEGAL REASONING<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10868\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10868\" style=\"width: 100px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pravnizapisi.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/02-Goran-Dajovic.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10868 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pravnizapisi.rs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/pravni-zapisi-2025-02-thumb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10868\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Language: English<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"s1\"><b>Goran Dajovi\u0107 <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\"><b>Professor, University of Belgrade Faculty of Law, Serbia<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><b><\/b><b><\/b><b><span class=\"s2\">e-mail: <\/span><\/b><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"mailto:gorand@ius.bg.ac.rs\">gorand@ius.bg.ac.rs<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"s1\"><b>ORCID ID: <\/b><\/span><span class=\"s1\">0000-0001-6547-2541<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Pravni zapisi, No. 2\/2025, pp. 282-308<br \/>\nOriginal Scientific Article<br \/>\n<b>DOI:<\/b> 10.5937\/pravzap16-61709<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>KEY WORDS<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><i>Homo Iuridicus<\/i>, Ideal Type, Max Weber, Legal Reasoning, Interpretation of Law<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>ABSTRACT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The paper examines the method of ideal-typical concepts, which the author previously applied in his book Osnovi pravnog rasu\u0111ivanja (The fundamentals of legal reasoning). Since the book contains only a few remarks on the topic, the article aims to offer a systematic account of the method employed and its implications. In the book, the ideal type is constructed as <i>homo iuridicus<\/i>, the subject whose reasoning is guided exclusively by authoritative legal reasons. This subject is a rational, rather than an empirically existing agent. The paper argues that the ideal type provides a framework for conceptualizing legal reasoning without resorting to the idiosyncrasies of individual judges or particular legal communities. When the reasoning of such a <i>homo iuridicus<\/i> is compared to actual judicial practice, it becomes evident that judges do not always decide or justify their rulings solely by referencing authoritative legal reasons. In this way, the usefulness of Weber\u2019s notion of ideal-typical concepts for jurisprudence is brought to light.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PRAVNI ZAPISI \u2022 Year XVI \u2022 no. 2 \u2022 pp. 282\u2013308 HOMO IURIDICUS AND LEGAL REASONING Goran Dajovi\u0107 Professor, University of Belgrade Faculty of Law, Serbia e-mail: gorand@ius.bg.ac.rs ORCID ID: 0000-0001-6547-2541 Pravni zapisi, No. 2\/2025, pp. 282-308 Original Scientific Article DOI: 10.5937\/pravzap16-61709 KEY WORDS Homo Iuridicus, Ideal Type, Max Weber, Legal Reasoning, Interpretation of Law ABSTRACT The paper examines the method of ideal-typical concepts, which the author previously applied in his book Osnovi pravnog rasu\u0111ivanja (The fundamentals of legal reasoning). 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