The Faculty of Law () in
Maribor
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is a member of the
University of Maribor
The University of Maribor () is Slovenia's second-largest university, established in 1975 in Maribor, Slovenia. It currently has 17 faculties.
History
The university's roots reach back to 1859 when a theological seminary was established wi ...
. It was founded in 1960 as a higher law school for education of lawyers in commercial entities. In 1990 it was re-established as a high law school in Maribor with a programme for education of lawyers of universal profile. Since 1993 its official name is Faculty of Law. In 2009 it started with internationally comparable Bologna programmes.
Research
The research priority of the Faculty of Law is "Legal Aspects of the
Digital Economy
The digital economy is a portmanteau of digital computing and economy, and is an umbrella term that describes how traditional Brick and mortar, brick-and-mortar economic activities (production, distribution, trade) are being transformed by the ...
". The research work at the Faculty of Law is organised within applied research institutes and a research group at the faculty level. The research group is publicly financed by Slovenian Research Agency. Researchers are also involved in research within EU financed programmes like Civil Justice/JustT,
Jean Monnet, and
TEMPUS.
The Faculty of Law annually co-organizes three scientific conferences:
* Medicine and Law
* Corporate Entities in the Market
* Law and Economics
The Faculty of Law publishes two
ESCI indexed journals:
* Medicine, Law & Society
* Lexonomica
The Faculty of Law is a co-publisher of
SCI indexed journal Lex Localis.
References
External links
Official website
Faculties of the University of Maribor
1960 establishments in Slovenia
Law schools in Slovenia
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