The Faculty of Law of the University of Sarajevo (), also known as the Sarajevo Law School, is one of the leading schools of the University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The school is located in Sarajevo's downtown district next to the Latin Bridge and not far from BaÃ
¡ÃÂarÃ
¡ija, the city's historical and cultural center.
History
The Sarajevo Law School was founded through a legal act on 20 August 1946 and it became the first member of the University of Sarajevo. Mehmed BegoviÃÂ, a distinguished research professor at the University of Belgrade's Faculty of Law specializing in Yugoslav Sharia law was the driving power for establishing the school's program and organization (along with Gorazd KuÃ
¡ej from Ljubljana and Pavao RastovÃÂan from Zagreb). Russian lawyer and historian Alexander Soloviev served as the first Dean of the Sarajevo Law School from 1947 to 1949.
Organization
The law school is divided into five chairs:
- Chair of State and International Public Law;
- Chair of Legal-Economic Sciences;
- Chair of Civil Law;
- Chair of Legal History and Comparative Law;
- Chair of Criminal Law.
Degree programs
The Bachelor's program lasts four years carrying 240 ECTS credits. The Degree of Graduate lawyer was also offered for those who enrolled before the Bologna reform.
Notable people
Alumni
- Alija IzetbegoviÃÂ, first chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Benjamina KariÃÂ, current mayor of Sarajevo
- Bisera TurkoviÃÂ, former foreign minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- HatidÃ
¾a HadÃ
¾iosmanoviÃÂ, former president of the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Jasmin ImamoviÃÂ, former mayor of Tuzla
- KreÃ
¡imir Zubak, former member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Mario NenadiÃÂ, former Premier of Sarajevo Canton
- Mato TadiÃÂ, former president of the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Radmila HrustanoviÃÂ, former mayor of Belgrade
- Safet IsoviÃÂ, prominent sevdalinka singer
- Seada PalavriÃÂ, member of the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Semiha Borovac, former mayor of Sarajevo
- Sulejman TihiÃÂ, former member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Ã
 efik DÃ
¾aferoviÃÂ, former member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Valerija GaliÃÂ, president of the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Zlatko TopÃÂiÃÂ, playwright and novelist
- Ã
½eljko KomÃ
¡iÃÂ, member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Faculty
References
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