Academic Cooperation

The Centre for German, Croatian, European and Comparative Law (Inter-University Centre) serves the communication and exchange of information and work experience in the fields of legal development, jurisprudence and legal practice in German, Croatian, European and comparative law. 

The research activities of the Centre are characterised by their international orientation as well as by the inter-disciplinary and collaborative nature of the work carried out by the research networks.  

Mission

The mission of the Centre is to conduct legal research at the national as well as at the European level and to support the exchange of education and expertise.

The Centre provides legal advice to Central, Eastern and South Eastern European countries with the aim of improving international legal co-operation, stabilising and strengthening the rule-of-law. At the same time it  promotes young lawyers' understanding of European law and important European institutions and thus contributes to the gradual integration of South Eastern Europe into the European judicial area.  

To achieve its goals, the Centre

• organises conferences, seminars and courses; 
• publishes and disseminates multilingual research materials; 
• supports academic exchange and internships for legal scholars, practitioners and young lawyers; 
• participates in technical assistance projects aimed at providing legal advice and support to Eastern European countries. 

Core regions 

The work of the Centre focuses mainly on Croatia and Germany. However, in the context of individual events and projects, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Macedonia, Bulgaria and their neighbouring countries in the South Eastern European region are also included to varying degrees in the co-operation programmes. 

Key areas of research and expertise

The activities of the Centre focus on selected themes from the following areas:

• Constitutional law, comparative constitutional law, public law;
• Civil and commercial law;
• European law, European institutions, particularly European courts of law;
• Judicial law and criminal law, particularly international criminal law; 
• Comparative law, international law, international organisations.