On constitutional doubts about New Croatian Bankruptcy Law: Initiation of criminal proceedings as an obstacle to exercising the labor law status of the bankruptcy trustee

A number of regulations prescribe general and specific requirements that a person (exempli causa, the bankruptcy trustee, lawyers, judges, notary public, sports staff) must observe in order to perform its function. This becomes even more important because the Bankruptcy Act (OG, 71/15) states that o...

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Main Authors: Bodul Dejan, Grbić Sanja
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Law, Niš 2016-01-01
Series:Zbornik Radova Pravnog Fakulteta u Nišu
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Online Access:http://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0350-8501/2016/0350-85011673117B.pdf
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description A number of regulations prescribe general and specific requirements that a person (exempli causa, the bankruptcy trustee, lawyers, judges, notary public, sports staff) must observe in order to perform its function. This becomes even more important because the Bankruptcy Act (OG, 71/15) states that one of specific conditions for performing the function of a bankruptcy trustee is that he has to be worthy of public trust, and he is not considered worthy if criminal proceedings are initiated against the trustee. The thesis of this paper is whether such a solution is in accordance with the Constitution of the Republic of Croatia (OG, 56/90,135/97, 8/98,113/00, 124/00, 28/01, 41/01, 55/01, 76/10, 85/10 and 05/14) and the EU Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (OG-IT, 18/97, 6/99, 14/02,13/03, 9/05,1/06 and 2/10), given that everyone is presumed innocent and is not to be found guilty of any criminal offense until proven otherwise by a final court judgment (Art. 28 of the Constitution of Croatia and Art. 6. par. 2. of the Convention). The complexity of the research subject and set tasks have dictated the choice of method so that we used a methodological approach that encompasses the study of domestic and foreign literature, the relevant legal provisions, and analysis of domestic and foreign legal practices. In the paper, we shall also analyze the practice of the European Court of Human Rights in proceedings under Art. 6 (Right to a fair trial) and Art. 14 (Prohibition of discrimination) of the Convention, because we assume that it can be crucial for understanding the thesis which is based on the case law of the European Court of Human Rights and the European positive law. In that sense, this work is intended to point out the vagueness of the existing legal provisions, by focusing on certain de legeferenda solutions.
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spelling doaj.art-e4b3c9379b5d4043b48f53c0e3de96e72022-12-22T03:15:29ZengFaculty of Law, NišZbornik Radova Pravnog Fakulteta u Nišu0350-85012560-31162016-01-01557311713610.5937/zrpfni1673117B0350-85011673117BOn constitutional doubts about New Croatian Bankruptcy Law: Initiation of criminal proceedings as an obstacle to exercising the labor law status of the bankruptcy trusteeBodul Dejan0Grbić Sanja1Pravni fakultet Sveučilišta u Rijeci, Republika HrvatskaPravni fakultet Sveučilišta u Rijeci, Republika HrvatskaA number of regulations prescribe general and specific requirements that a person (exempli causa, the bankruptcy trustee, lawyers, judges, notary public, sports staff) must observe in order to perform its function. This becomes even more important because the Bankruptcy Act (OG, 71/15) states that one of specific conditions for performing the function of a bankruptcy trustee is that he has to be worthy of public trust, and he is not considered worthy if criminal proceedings are initiated against the trustee. The thesis of this paper is whether such a solution is in accordance with the Constitution of the Republic of Croatia (OG, 56/90,135/97, 8/98,113/00, 124/00, 28/01, 41/01, 55/01, 76/10, 85/10 and 05/14) and the EU Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (OG-IT, 18/97, 6/99, 14/02,13/03, 9/05,1/06 and 2/10), given that everyone is presumed innocent and is not to be found guilty of any criminal offense until proven otherwise by a final court judgment (Art. 28 of the Constitution of Croatia and Art. 6. par. 2. of the Convention). The complexity of the research subject and set tasks have dictated the choice of method so that we used a methodological approach that encompasses the study of domestic and foreign literature, the relevant legal provisions, and analysis of domestic and foreign legal practices. In the paper, we shall also analyze the practice of the European Court of Human Rights in proceedings under Art. 6 (Right to a fair trial) and Art. 14 (Prohibition of discrimination) of the Convention, because we assume that it can be crucial for understanding the thesis which is based on the case law of the European Court of Human Rights and the European positive law. In that sense, this work is intended to point out the vagueness of the existing legal provisions, by focusing on certain de legeferenda solutions.http://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0350-8501/2016/0350-85011673117B.pdfemploymentinitiation of criminal proceedingsbankruptcy trustee
spellingShingle Bodul Dejan
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On constitutional doubts about New Croatian Bankruptcy Law: Initiation of criminal proceedings as an obstacle to exercising the labor law status of the bankruptcy trustee
Zbornik Radova Pravnog Fakulteta u Nišu
employment
initiation of criminal proceedings
bankruptcy trustee
title On constitutional doubts about New Croatian Bankruptcy Law: Initiation of criminal proceedings as an obstacle to exercising the labor law status of the bankruptcy trustee
title_full On constitutional doubts about New Croatian Bankruptcy Law: Initiation of criminal proceedings as an obstacle to exercising the labor law status of the bankruptcy trustee
title_fullStr On constitutional doubts about New Croatian Bankruptcy Law: Initiation of criminal proceedings as an obstacle to exercising the labor law status of the bankruptcy trustee
title_full_unstemmed On constitutional doubts about New Croatian Bankruptcy Law: Initiation of criminal proceedings as an obstacle to exercising the labor law status of the bankruptcy trustee
title_short On constitutional doubts about New Croatian Bankruptcy Law: Initiation of criminal proceedings as an obstacle to exercising the labor law status of the bankruptcy trustee
title_sort on constitutional doubts about new croatian bankruptcy law initiation of criminal proceedings as an obstacle to exercising the labor law status of the bankruptcy trustee
topic employment
initiation of criminal proceedings
bankruptcy trustee
url http://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0350-8501/2016/0350-85011673117B.pdf
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