Research areas

The main research area of the Faculty of Law during 2022–2024 period is “Challenges of Crises and Sustainable Development and Digital Technologies for the Legal System”.

The goal by implementing this research area at the Faculty of Law is to create an inclusive environment in which top-level legal studies are conducted and international and interdisciplinary science is developed, contributing to the development of the legal culture of the country and the European region.

The main research area is divided into 3 sub-areas:

I. Challenges of New Technologies and Artificial Intelligence for Criminal Justice

Research area explores the challenges of new technologies and artificial intelligence and their implications for the norms of the Criminal Code, the Code of Criminal Procedure and the Code of Execution of Sentences, as well as for their application in judicial practice.

II. Effective Operation of Private and Procedural Law under Extraordinary Social, Political and Economic conditions

Research area investigates and assesses whether there is a need to partially and/or substantially modify the existing legal framework in the field of private law (either substantive law or procedural law), taking into account the specific social, political and economic conditions, not only at the national level but also at the international level as well as at the level of the European Union.

III. Issues of Democracy, the Rule of Law and Human Rights in the Context of Modern Technology, Sustainable Development and Geopolitical-legal Challenges

Research area assesses the impact of new technologies and artificial intelligence on human rights and fundamental democratic values, identify ways in which standards of democracy, the rule of law and the protection of human rights can be ensured in the digital age and in the context of geopolitical-legal challenges.