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Practical Authority, Will-Imposition, and the Society of Angels Joseph Raz argues both that there can be practical authority without sanctions and that such authority is constituted, in part, by the power to impose its will on subjects with respect to what they must do. This essay argues that the Razian claim that practical authority is partly constituted by a power of will-imposition implies that a telling counts as authoritative only if backed by the threat of a sanction. Since law is a form of practical authority, this claim is logically inconsistent with the conclusion Raz draws from the society-of-angels argument.

• Kenneth Einar HIMMA [ University of Zagreb Faculty of Law, Croatia ]

Whistleblowers as Agents Exposing Systemic Criminality: A Study of Two South African Periods The Republic of South Africa’s recent history, and contemporary period, has fallen victim to systemic criminality, which this article argues has transpired across two periods, namely state capture under Jacob Zuma’s presidency and the contemporary period encompassing the capture of the policing apparatus. The full extent of both cases of capture emerged because of disclosures by whistleblowers. Across both periods, whistleblowers have faced retaliation. This article, however, contends that an observable pattern of escalation in retaliation has transpired. It determines that state capture whistleblowers were largely subjected to social and legal retaliation, while policing apparatus whistleblowers have been frequently subjected to physical retaliation (assassinations). This is the result of inadequate measures taken to address previous instances of systemic criminality, thereby setting a precedent in which wrongdoers seldom face meaningful punitive consequences. The recommendation is that the South African state authorities need to react quickly to reverse the trend.

• Uglješa RADULOVIĆ [ University of Johannesburg, South Africa ]

Green Transition or Normative Complication: Empowering Consumers Through Directive (EU) 2024/825 and Current Practice Challenges Directive (EU) 2024/825 on empowering consumers for the green transition seeks to address the challenges of manipulative green marketing and establish a stricter regulatory framework, ensuring better transparency of environmental claims and other essential information on product sustainability. By prohibiting unfounded and misleading environmental claims and introducing an obligation to provide information on the product’s reparability score and the duration of software updates, and by preventing planned early obsolescence, the Directive seeks to contribute to sustainable development in the EU’s internal market. The paper outlines new provisions on greenwashing and planned early obsolescence, accompanied by new national solutions, particularly in Croatian law, and examples from the CJEU case law and EU Member States. Following a comprehensive analysis of the rules and practice, a legitimate question has arisen regarding the effectiveness of the newly introduced solutions and shortcomings that may hinder the goals of the green transition and sustainable development.

• Emilia MIŠĆENIĆ [ University of Rijeka Faculty of Law, Croatia ]

Mechanisms of Integration of Gender Equality Policy into Science Policy in Serbia and the European Union The paper explores gender mainstreaming in science policy in Serbia, in the context of EU accession, through hard and soft instruments (laws and strategies) and funding programs. The first part of the paper analyzes the integration of gender equality policies into the science and research sector in the EU, which has intensified in recent decades. In the current EU funding program, the promotion of gender equality goes beyond research action. New institutional mechanisms are introduced (gender equality plans) and the gender dimension is included in evaluation criteria for research grants (content regulation). In the second part, we explore how gender equality policies are incorporated into the science policy in Serbia. It is argued that gender equality mechanisms in the scientific sector are based on incoherent regulation. The EU mechanisms are introduced selectively, focusing on indirect policies (science popularization) and formal measures of gender equality, whereas other mechanisms (content regulation) are introduced inconsistently.

• Suzana IGNJATOVIĆ [ Institut društvenih nauka ]

Succession to Digital Property and the Role of Notaries Public in Digital Asset Probate This article presents an analysis of the theoretical and practical challenges of inheriting property in digital form. The authors conclude that, in most cases, there are no justified reasons for non-inheritability of digital assets, pointing out that exceptions to the principle of inheritability of subjective rights need to be justified with convincing reasons. Special attention is devoted to the question of invalidity of terms in contracts for digital services which unjustly prohibit succession to contractual rights and duties. The authors also analyse the role of notaries public in the succession of digital property and the potential of the service of notaries public in improving the practice of planning and inheriting digital assets. The authors conclude that existing rules of succession law are adequate for the succession of digital rights and that there is no need for a reform of succession law or for special legislation.

• Dejan ĐURĐEVIĆ [ Pravni fakultet Univerziteta u Beogradu ]
• Miloš VUKOTIĆ [ Pravni fakultet Univerziteta u Beogradu ]

Liability of a Public Enforcement Officer for Damage Caused in the Exercise of Public Powers: A Review of the Serbian Supreme Court’s Judgment

• Nikola BODIROGA [ University of Belgrade Faculty of Law ]

The Great Divergence Turning into the Great Convergence and Beyond Greif, Avner, Joel Mokyr, Guido Tabellini. 2025. Two Paths to Prosperity: Culture and Institutions in Europe and China, 1000–2000. Princeton & Oxford: Princeton University Press, 533.

• Boris BEGOVIĆ [ University of Belgrade Faculty of Law, Serbia ]

Retraction Notice In accordance with Section 3.3 of the Code of Conduct of the Annals of the Faculty of Law in Belgrade, the Editorial Board hereby retracts the article by Nataša Petrović Tomić and Mirjana Glintić, “Principles of Reinsurance Contract Law – Between Tradition and Legal Certainty in a Changing Global Order”, published in the Annals of the Faculty of Law in Belgrade, 2026, Vol. 74, No. 2, pp. 295–321. The decision was taken following consideration of Dr Franziska Arnold-Dwyer’s request for an investigation into allegations concerning the manner in which her paper “PRICL and the Long Shadows of Domestic Laws and Linked Contracts: Is Soft Law Effective?” was used and cited, as well as the authors’ joint request for retraction. The procedure conducted pursuant to Section 3.1 of the Code of Conduct identified deficiencies in the article’s scholarly apparatus concerning the inadequate identification and attribution of passages and positions drawn from scholarly literature, the reproduction of passages from other authors’ texts, and the incomplete and imprecise citation of the sources used. In view of the nature and extent of the amendments required, the Editorial Board concluded that these deficiencies could not be remedied by the publication of a correction and therefore retracted the article.

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