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PRAVDA, PRAVO I MORAL U BOSNI I HERCEGOVINI
JUSTICE, LAW AND MORALITY IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Author(s): Ivo M. Tomić
Subject(s): Sociology, Philosophy of Law, Sociology of Law
Published by: Akademija Nauka i Umjetnosti Bosne i Hercegovine
Keywords: Aristotle; Hans Kelsen; Herbert L.A. Hart; Emile Durkheim; Gustav Radbruch; Chaim Perelman; Ronald Dworkin; justice; law; morality; justness; fairness; truth; freedom; reconciliation;

Summary/Abstract: From different theoretical perspectives, this text defines the concepts of justice, law and morality. The author points specificity to the of these phenomena, highlighting the features of their mutual contact and pointing the lines where they are separated in theory and practice. The aim of this article was to indicate the importance of these phenomena, the ways of understanding and respecting them in present situation in society and the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The respect of the principles of justice, the legal life rules (norms) and the fundamental moral principles, the author takes as a fundamental test for Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Bosnian society. The proper theoretical analysis leads the author to the bleak picture of our present situation.

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 55-70
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Bosnian