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University of Belgrade

THE FACULTY OF LAW


The Faculty of Law

Address:
Bulevar Revolucije 67
11000 BELGRADE
Telephone: (011) 341-501
Fax: (011) 3221-299

Dean:
Professor Dr. Dejan Popovi}

Vice deans:
Professor Dr. Emilija Vukadin
Professor Dr. Dragan Mitrovi}
Assistant Professor Dr. Ljiljana Radulovi}

Secretary:
Miljko Valjarevi}, LL. B.

Detailed information in Serbian



ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT

The beginning of law studies in Serbia coincides with the beginning of the educational system. As early as 1808, immediately after the founding of the Superior School (Velika [kola) in Belgrade, instruction was offered in constitutional law with some elements of administrative and international law and criminal procedure. The foundations of legal science and of university-level studies of law were laid down in 1840 at the time of the Lycée, when the Legal Studies Department and an additional year of instruction of legal subjects were introduced.

In 1863, the Law on the Organization of the Superior School transformed the Legal Studies Department of the Lycée into the Faculty of Law within the Superior School. After the establishment of the University in 1905, the Faculty acquired its present name: the Faculty of Law in Belgrade.

Since the founding of this Faculty, 35,518 students have graduated, while 924 were granted an M.S. degree, and 713 a doctoral degree.

Four rectors of the Superior School and six rectors of the University of Belgrade have been elected from among the ranks of the professors of the Faculty of Law, as well as seven members of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, and a considerable number of members of foreign academies of sciences.



INTERNAL ORGANIZATION

Instruction and research activities at the Faculty of Law are carried out within the framework of the following chairs: the Chair of Criminal Law; the Chair of Civil Law; the Chair of International Law and International Relations; the Chair of Legal-Political Sciences; the Chair of Legal-Economic Sciences; the Chair of the Sociology of Law; and the Chair of the History of Law.

The Institute of Legal and Social Sciences is a separate research unit of the Faculty.



TEACHING STAFF

Teaching and research activities at the Faculty are carried out by: 37 full professors, 15 associate professors, 19 assistant professors, 19 assistants and 10 junior assistants.


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UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES

The UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES enrolment capacity is about 1,400 first-year students.

Studies last four academic years, namely eight semesters, and are organized according to the curriculum which includes general education subjects, and subjects from the major chosen by students begining with the third year of study. The following majors are offered: judiciary; administrative-theoretical law; commercial law; international law; and theory of law.

By obtaining a diploma from this Faculty, one acquires the professional title: graduate jurist. (LL. B)



POSTGRADUATE STUDIES

The Faculty of Law organizes M.S. studies and grants doctoral degrees in the following areas: legal sciences (fields of civil and commercial law, public law, criminal law, international law, and the history of law); legal-economic sciences; legal-sociological sciences; and legal-political sciences.

The Faculty also offers special courses in the area of international trade contracts, criminal law, and taxation and tax law.



PUBLICATIONS

Since 1953, the Faculty has been publishing the periodical: "The Annals of the Faculty of Law in Belgrade" (in Serbian).



LIBRARY

The Faculty library holdings total 132,574 units; four reading rooms are avaliable.



STUDENT LIFE

There are two student clubs at the Faculty - the "Bona Fides" and the "Forum Romanum", whose members are friends of Roman law and the Classical Period.