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• Editorial Board 2024.

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• Editorial Board 2024.

Factors of the Evolution of Air Passenger Segmentation: The Case of the Serbian Air Travel MarketThe paper investigates the evolution of air passenger profiles in terms of regulatory environment, competitive landscape, socio-economic and demographic trends. The research is supported by passenger surveys carried out since 2001. The surveys have been designed to provide objective andin-depth insights into the preferences and behaviors of air passengers in the Serbian market. The resulting passenger segments are categorized based on socioeconomic and travel purpose criteria, but the surveys conducted at Serbian airports reveal that competition triggered the service quality to become a major issue in the Serbian market, after the entrance of low-cost carriers. The research of future projections of air passengers in Serbia is based on the Delphi method for two-time horizons (2025 and 2035) and three future scenarios are proposed.

• Милица Калић [ University of Belgrade Faculty of Transport and Traffic Engineering ]
• Славица Дожић [ University of Belgrade Faculty of Transport and Traffic Engineering ]
• Катарина Кукић [ University of Belgrade Faculty of Transport and Traffic Engineering ]
• Даница Бабић [ University of Belgrade Faculty of Transport and Traffic Engineering ]

Advance Directives in Legislative and Theoretical Frameworks of Family LawAfter appearing only in medical law for a long time, advance directives and other forms of voluntary measures are increasingly also being recognised as an effective protector of the right to self-determination in family law. The aim of the paper is to consider the Croatian model of advance decision making in family law, observing it in the context of European, international and comparative law. In this sense, the paper first provides an overview of international and European documents, then briefly analyses different solutions to the discussion in question that exist in the national legislations of the selected European countries, namely, Germany, Slovenia, the Czech Republic, Serbia, and finally a detailed analysis of Croatian law. The paper aims to point out certain doubts and ambiguities that exist in Croatian law, give suggestions for improving the legislation, and encourage the continuation of scientific research in this legal field.

• Nataša Lucić [ Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Law, Croatia ]
• Branka Rešetar [ Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Law, Croatia ]

The Hybridization of the Regulatory Framework of Insurance Contract Law: Elements of a New SettingThis article aims to highlight the phenomenon of hybridization of insurance contract law, which started with its emancipation from contract law. The next phase included its internal stratification, stemming from obvious differences between commercial and consumer insurance, and various contractual positions of contracting parties in these different insurance contracts. Two features of insurance contracts regulation are addressed, based on Serbian law as it currently stands, as well as comparative legal analysis. The first feature is that the legislatively envisaged unified regime for insurance contracts is incomplete and inadequate for all manifestations of this contract. The second feature is that regulation of this matter must enable balancing of interests between insurers and insureds, especially consumers. The authors conclude that insurance regulation can only be conducive when simultaneously ensuring protection of the weaker party, protecting insurers from the negligent actions of the insured, while facilitating conduct of insurance business.

• Nataša Petrović Tomić [ University of Belgrade Faculty of Law, Serbia ]
• Mirjana Glintić [ Institute of Comparative Law, Serbia ]

History of Economic Sanctions: Key Research Questions with some answers for 2022 sanctions against RussiaThe paper proposes several key questions that should be unavoidable in the research on history of economic sanctions. Four key questions are identified. The first one is what the aim of the sanctions is; what are they supposed to achieve? The second question relates to the mechanisms of sanctions. The third question is, are sanctions effective, i.e. do they produce economic impact and what is its magnitude? The fourth question is, are sanctions efficient, i.e. has the aim been achieved? All these questions are further developed into several more specific questions. Crucial methodological obstacles to answering all these questions are identified and guidelines for overcoming them are provided. The answers to the proposed key questions should be only the starting point in research on history of economic sanctions. Some preliminary answers to these questions were given for the case of February 2022 sanctions against Russia, imposed after it invaded Ukraine.

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

Blank promissory note as a security instrument for consumer creditThe paper considers the sense of using the blank promissory note as a means of securing of consumer loan, while also questioning its purpose as means of security. The initial hypothesis is the legal absurdity of the same person being a debtor under the two different legal basis – promissory note and consumer loan. The same person is the guarantor for themselves – by signing the blank note they guarantee the performance of the consumer loan contract.That arrangement seems tautological having in mind that the same person, through two legal basis but with the same property, guarantees the performance of the underlying contract manifested in a consumer loan. This is the core proof of the absurdity of using the blank promissory note as collateral security.

• Svetislav Janković [ University of Belgrade Faculty of Law, Serbia ]

Possibilities of referenda in the systems of consociational democracyThe paper analyzes the possibilities of referenda in consociational democracies. According to Arend Lijphart, democratic systems can be divided into majoritarian and consociational. Referendum is commonly understood as a mechanism of the people’s direct decision-making based on the majoritarian principle. This paper analyzes what qualities the referendum must possess in order to be compatible with the system of consociational democracy. The term consociational democracy applies to systems in which the society is divided on multiple grounds, in such a way that the majority of interests are satisfied while preserving the institutional shape and logic of this mechanism of direct decision-making. The analysis includes the consideration of all issues of relevance to the divided societies, in the theoretical and practical sense.

• Aleksandar Cvetković [ University of Belgrade Faculty of Law, Serbia ]