Vol. 1, No. 1
Table of Contents
This issue contains 13 articles
Introduction from the Editor-in-Chief
Dear readers,
Allow me, on behalf of everyone at the State Attorney’s Office, the Editorial Board and the International Editorial Committee, to extend a warm welcome to you to the website of the journal The State Attorney’s Office Initiating Dialogue (Državno odvjetništvo otvara razgovor, DOOR).
DOOR is a project through which we are opening the doors of an institution that safeguards the foundations of the rule of law and leaves no room for unlawfulness and injustice. The name of the journal reflects our intention to give Croatian citizens an opportunity to become familiar with our work, while allowing members of the academic and professional public, both in Croatia and abroad, to contribute through their articles, papers and reviews to what we all strive for: the development of law.
Law permeates all areas of our society and our lives. How many times have we said: ‘You’re right!’ or ‘You’re wrong!’? Yet whether we are truly in the right, that is, whether we act in accordance with the law, is something many are called upon to decide. At times, it may seem that law and justice are quietly receding from view. Yet every case resolved in accordance with the law and every voice raised against lawlessness forms part of the mosaic we call the rule of law. The articles, interviews, analyses and contributions published in the DOOR journal reflect the challenges, achievements and affirmations of law and the rule of law.
This was also the guiding idea behind the journal's structure, which seeks to reflect the interests of both the public and the legal profession. Its sections therefore address topics and cases from the past, present and future: the past is the present that once was, while the future is the present yet to come, which we are building today.
Finally, it is my sincere intention that the dialogue we have begun through our journal will continue in the years ahead.
Respectfully,
Ivan Turudić, Editor-in-Chief
Introduction from the Executive Editor
Dear readers,
Before you is the first issue of the DOOR journal. We hope that this first issue, like those to come, will achieve the journal’s objectives: the development of scholarship and practice through shared dialogue.
The journal has five sections: ‘In Black and White’, ‘Word for Word’, ‘Chronicles’, ‘Under the Spotlight’, and ‘AI is (not) Always Right’.
In the section ‘In Black and White’, we publish articles from various areas of law. In this issue, you will find four articles from the fields of criminal, civil, international and European law: a criminal-law and criminological analysis of violent conduct; the accession of the European Union to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms; fair and equitable treatment by the State when regulating specific areas in terms of investment arbitration; and issues relating to the Republic of Croatia’s ownership of forests.
In the section ‘Word for Word’, devoted to interviews with individuals who, through their work and dedication, have made a valuable contribution to the development of democracy, law and legal scholarship, we have an interview with Mirjan Damaška, PhD, Sterling Professor Emeritus of Law at Yale Law School, and a leading expert in comparative and international criminal law. In the interview, Professor Damaška talks about his youth, his decision to leave for the United States of America, and current issues.
The section ‘Chronicles’ presents cases, documents and events that have influenced the development of law and legal scholarship in Croatia and the world. The first issue features two articles from legal history, specifically, the institution of the State Attorney’s Office and the document shown on the journal’s cover: the Vinodol Code.
In the section ‘Under the Spotlight’, addressing current developments in law, legal scholarship and related fields, two case-law reviews are presented: the ruling of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Croatia on the impossibility of carrying out direct enforcement and the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union in the case of Hann-Invest et al. The section also includes a review of the related journal forumpoenale and an article on selected issues in the investment arbitration case of Mihaljević v Croatia.
In the section ‘AI is (not) Always Right’, focusing on the impact of artificial intelligence and technology on the development of law, legal scholarship and the legal profession in general, the journal presents two articles from the fields of criminal and civil law that delve into the world of technology and artificial intelligence. They discuss the impact of technology on the evidentiary value of documents in civil proceedings and the need to amend the Criminal Code regarding artificial intelligence.
I hope you will find something of interest in our journal and that it will encourage you to engage in discussion on one of the topics addressed.
Respectfully,
Ivan Glavić, Executive Editor
In Black and White
Word for Word
Chronicles
Under the Spotlight
AI is(not) always right
CHALLENGES POSED BY EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES TO EVIDENTIARY STANDARDS
Author: Jelena Čuveljak 1 September 2025