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17. The Influence of Fundamental Rights in Slovene Private Law

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Abstract

This chapter provides an overview of fundamental rights and their influence in Slovenian private law. It was prepared as a general report for the Congress of the International Association of Comparative Law. It addresses the influence of fundamental rights in the law of obligations, property law and family law, and pays special attention to the right to privacy.

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Fußnoten
1
Ustava Republike Slovenije (The Constitution of the Republic of Slovenia), the Official Gazette of the RS, Nos. 33/91-I et seq.
 
2
National report prepared by the Slovenian Constitutional Court for the XVIth Congress of the Conference of European Constitutional Courts 2014, ‘The Co-operation of Constitutional Courts in Europe – Current Situation and Perspectives’ 3, accessible at http://​www.​vfgh.​gv.​at/​cms/​vfgh-kongress/​downloads/​landesberichte/​KF-Slovenie-EN.​pdf (hereinafter The Constitutional Court’s Report).
 
3
The Constitutional Court’s Report, p. 3.
 
4
See the website of the Slovenian Constitutional Court, accessible at http://​www.​us-rs.​si/​en/​about-the-court/​institution/​position/​.
 
5
The Official Gazette of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 86-605/46.
 
6
ibid.
 
7
Obligacijski zakonik (Code of Obligations), Official Gazette of the RS No. 83/01 et seq.
 
8
Stvarnopravni zakonik (Law of Property Code), Official Gazette of the RS No. 87/02 et seq.
 
9
Article 90 of the Constitution, as amended by the Constitutional Act Amending Articles 90, 97, and 99 of the Constitution of the Republic of Slovenia, which was adopted on 24 May 2013 and entered into force on 31 May 2013, Official Gazette of the RS No. 47/13.
 
10
The Constitutional Court’s Report, p. 10.
 
11
See the website of the Constitutional Court, accessible at http://​www.​us-rs.​si/​en/​about-the-court/​institution/​position/​.
 
12
Article 163 of the Constitution.
 
13
Article 162(1) of the Constitution.
 
14
Zakon o ustavnem sodišču (Constitutional Court Act), Official Gazette of the RS No. 64/07 et seq. See the website of the Constitutional Court, accessible at http://​www.​us-rs.​si/​en/​about-the-court/​institution/​position/​.
 
15
The Constitutional Court’s Report, p. 8.
 
16
ibid., p. 9.
 
17
ibid., p. 9.
 
18
ibid., p. 10.
 
19
ibid.
 
20
See the Decision of the Constitutional Court No. U-I-65/05, 29 September 2005, para. 12.
 
21
The Decision of the Constitutional Court No. U-I-155/11, 18 December 2013, para. 14.
 
22
The Decision of the Constitutional Court No. Up-1201/05, 6 December 2007, para. 10. For the account of the impact of the case law of the CJEU on the so-called ‘Europeanization’ of private law see, for example, Weingerl (2014a, b). On the influence of the EU law in public law sphere see, for example, Ferčič and Samec (2014).
 
23
See the European Commission’s webpage on EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, accessible at http://​ec.​europa.​eu/​justice/​fundamental-rights/​charter/​index_​en.​htm.
 
24
ibid.
 
25
See Article 52(3) of the Charter, which reads as follows: ‘In so far as this Charter contains rights which correspond to rights guaranteed by the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, the meaning and scope of those rights shall be the same as those laid down by the said Convention. This provision shall not prevent Union law providing more extensive protection.’
 
26
The Constitutional Court’s Report, p. 10.
 
27
ibid.
 
28
The Decision of the Constitutional Court No. U-I-92/07, 15 April 2010.
 
29
See the Order of the Constitutional Court No. Up-97/02, 12 March 2004, para. 4; the Order of the Constitutional Court No. Up-114/05, 13 June 2004, para. 2.
 
30
The Supreme Court decision, II Ips 737/2005, 03 April 2008.
 
31
Article 246 of the Code of Obligations.
 
32
ibid.
 
33
Article 179(1) of the Code of Obligations.
 
34
Article 131(1) of the Code of Obligations.
 
35
Articles 131(1) and (3) of the Code of Obligations.
 
36
Article 240 of the Code of Obligations.
 
37
See for example Možina (2013, 351), arguing that the principle of fault does not apply in the contract law, and that contractual conception of liability is closer to objective conception.
 
38
Zakon o varstvu potrošnikov (Consumer Protection Act), Official Gazette of the RS No. 98/04 et seq.
 
39
Directive 2011/83/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on consumer rights, amending Council Directive 93/13/EEC and Directive 1999/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directive 85/577/EEC and Directive 97/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, OJ L 304, 22.11.2011.
 
40
Article 1(2) of the Code of Obligations.
 
41
Zakon o potrošniških kreditih (Consumer Credit Act), Official Gazette of the RS No. 77/04 et seq.
 
42
Article 1 of the Code of Obligations.
 
43
Article 3 of the Code of Obligations.
 
44
See Title I of the Code of Obligations (Basic Principles).
 
45
Article 7 of the Slovenian Code of Obligations.
 
46
Article 119(1) of the Code of Obligations.
 
47
See the Decision of the Appellate Court in Celje, VSC Cp 356/2009, 28 May 2009.
 
48
Article 86(1) of the Code of Obligations reads: ‘A contract that contravenes the Constitution, compulsory regulations or moral principles shall be null and void if the purpose of the contravened rule does not assign any other sanction or if the law does not prescribe otherwise for the case in question.’
 
49
Article 35 of the Constitution reads: ‘The inviolability of the physical and mental integrity of every person, his privacy and personality rights shall be guaranteed.’
 
50
Article 74(1) of the Constitution reads: ‘Free economic initiative shall be guaranteed.’
 
51
The Decision of the Constitutional Court No. U-I-202/93, 6 October 1994.
 
52
Article 2 of the Constitution. See also the Decision of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Slovenia, II Ips 386/2001, 21 November 2002.
 
53
The Decision of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Slovenia, II Ips 409/2004, 07 April 2005.
 
54
The Decision of the Appellate Court Koper, Cp 611/2007, 15 April 2008.
 
55
The Decision of the Supreme Court, II Ips 737/2005, 03 April 2008.
 
56
The Decision of the Appellate Court Ljubljana, VSL I Cp 1808/2008, 22 October 2008.
 
57
Article 134(1) of the Code of Obligations.
 
58
Article 134(2) of the Code of Obligations.
 
59
The Decision of the Constitutional Court No. Up-570/09, 02 February 2012, para. 5.
 
60
The Decision of the Constitutional Court No. Up-570/09, 02 February 2012, para. 5.
 
61
The Decision of the Constitutional Court No. UI-172/94, 09 November 1994.
 
62
The Decision of the Constitutional Court No. Up-2940/07, 05 February 2009.
 
63
The Decision of the Supreme Court, II Ips 983/2006, 07 May 2009.
 
64
The Decision of the Appellate Court Ljubljana, VSL II Cp 1300/2012, 15 May 2013.
 
65
The Decision of the Constitutional Court, Up-570/09, 02 February 2012.
 
66
The Decision of the Appellate Court Ljubljana, VSL I Cp 1808/2008, 22 October 2008.
 
67
The Decision of the Appellate Court Ljubljana, VSL II Cp 621/2013, 12 December 2013.
 
68
Mladina d.d. Ljubljana vs. Slovenia, no. 20981/10, ECtHR 2014.
 
69
See Sürek vs. Turkey (no. 1), no. 26682/95, § 61, ECtHR 1999.
 
70
ibid., para. 40.
 
71
The Decision of the Constitutional Court No. U-I-40/12, 11 April 2013.
 
72
The Decision of the Appellate Court Ljubljana, VSL II Cp 720/2001, 16 May 2001.
 
73
The Decision of the Appellate Court Maribor, II Ips 114/2008, 14 January 2010.
 
74
Article 2 of the Marriage and Family Relations Act.
 
75
Article 10(2) of the Slovenian Inheritance Act.
 
76
The Decision of the Constitutional Court No. U-I-425/06, 02 July 2009.
 
77
Case C-403/09 PPU, Detiček, ECLI:EU:C:2009:810.
 
78
Case C-403/09 PPU, Detiček, ECLI:EU:C:2009:810, para. 54.
 
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Metadaten
Titel
The Influence of Fundamental Rights in Slovene Private Law
verfasst von
Petra Weingerl
Copyright-Jahr
2016
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25337-4_17

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