{"id":10892,"date":"2025-12-19T18:44:50","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T18:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pravnizapisi.rs\/?page_id=10892"},"modified":"2025-12-19T18:44:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T18:44:51","slug":"10892-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pravnizapisi.rs\/en\/pravni-zapisi-1-2025\/10892-2\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">PRAVNI ZAPISI \u2022 Year XVI \u2022 no. 2 \u2022 pp. 372\u2013415<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF CROATIA AND THE CONCEPT OF INHERENT POWERS<\/b><\/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\/05-Djordje-Gardasevic-i-Niko-Jarak.pdf\" data-wp-editing=\"1\"><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 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>\u0110or\u0111e Garda\u0161evi\u0107<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Professor, University of Zagreb Faculty of Law, Croatia<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span class=\"s2\"><strong>e-mail:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:dgardase@pravo.hr\"><span class=\"s3\">dgardase@pravo.hr<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><strong><span class=\"s1\">ORCID ID: <\/span><\/strong>0000-0002-2103-6139<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Niko Jarak<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Assistant, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Zagreb Faculty of Law, Croatia<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><span class=\"s4\"><strong>e-mail:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:niko.jarak@pravo.unizg.hr\"><span class=\"s5\">niko.jarak@pravo.unizg.hr<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"s1\"><strong>ORCID ID:<\/strong> 0000-0002-6773-6632<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Pravni zapisi, No. 2\/2025, pp. 372-415<br \/>\nOriginal Scientific Article<br \/>\n<b>DOI:<\/b> 10.5937\/pravzap16-61889<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>KEY WORDS<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Constitutional Court of the Republic of Croatia, Constitutional Adjudication, Constitutional Interpretation, Inherent Powers, Enumerated Powers, Separation of Powers.<i> <\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>ABSTRACT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The article examines the Croatian Constitutional Court\u2019s interpretive approach to the existence of its own \u201cinherent\u201d powers and their relationship to the powers enumerated in the Constitution. In this context, we analyze the relevant case law of the Constitutional Court through several key questions: does the Court exercise its \u201cinherent\u201d powers through the concept of a descriptive or autonomous norm, does this result in significant changes in the Court\u2019s procedures, does the Court apply measures defined by the Constitution, and does this significantly disrupt the constitutional balance of competences and powers. The findings show that the Court applies the concept of the autonomous norm, thereby significantly altering both its procedures and the measures it is authorized to impose. We conclude that such an approach by the Court significantly undermines the principle of the balance of powers as envisaged in the Constitution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PRAVNI ZAPISI \u2022 Year XVI \u2022 no. 2 \u2022 pp. 372\u2013415 THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF CROATIA AND THE CONCEPT OF INHERENT POWERS \u0110or\u0111e Garda\u0161evi\u0107 Professor, University of Zagreb Faculty of Law, Croatia e-mail: dgardase@pravo.hr ORCID ID: 0000-0002-2103-6139 Niko Jarak Assistant, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Zagreb Faculty of Law, Croatia e-mail: niko.jarak@pravo.unizg.hr ORCID ID: 0000-0002-6773-6632 Pravni zapisi, No. 2\/2025, pp. 372-415 Original Scientific Article DOI: 10.5937\/pravzap16-61889 KEY WORDS Constitutional Court of the Republic of Croatia, Constitutional Adjudication, Constitutional Interpretation, Inherent Powers, Enumerated Powers, Separation of Powers. ABSTRACT The article examines the Croatian Constitutional Court\u2019s interpretive approach to the existence of its [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":10594,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-article.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10892","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>- Pravni Zapisi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pravnizapisi.rs\/en\/pravni-zapisi-1-2025\/10892-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"- Pravni Zapisi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"PRAVNI ZAPISI \u2022 Year XVI \u2022 no. 2 \u2022 pp. 372\u2013415 THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF CROATIA AND THE CONCEPT OF INHERENT POWERS \u0110or\u0111e Garda\u0161evi\u0107 Professor, University of Zagreb Faculty of Law, Croatia e-mail: dgardase@pravo.hr ORCID ID: 0000-0002-2103-6139 Niko Jarak Assistant, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Zagreb Faculty of Law, Croatia e-mail: niko.jarak@pravo.unizg.hr ORCID ID: 0000-0002-6773-6632 Pravni zapisi, No. 2\/2025, pp. 372-415 Original Scientific Article DOI: 10.5937\/pravzap16-61889 KEY WORDS Constitutional Court of the Republic of Croatia, Constitutional Adjudication, Constitutional Interpretation, Inherent Powers, Enumerated Powers, Separation of Powers. 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