TFL Vsebine / Revija Javna uprava

Prispevek se začenja z obdobjem po prvi svetovni vojni, ko so na ozemlju nekdanjega Avstro-Ogrskega cesarstva nastale nove državne entitete in vzpostavljale svoje lastne državne strukture. Tako je tudi nova država Slovencev, Hrvatov in Srbov (SHS) morala poskrbeti za delovanje sodnega sistema kot enega od temeljev organiziranosti državne oblasti. Prva demokratično oblikovana slovenska vlada, Narodna vlada SHS, je zato 14. novembra 1918 sprejela poseben akt, s katerim je Višjemu deželnemu sodišču v Ljubljani podelila položaj in pristojnosti vrhovnega sodišča. S tem je bila začeta pot slovenskega vrhovnega sodstva, ki je peljala skozi ne vedno mirne čase Kraljevine Jugoslavije, druge svetovne vojne in SFR Jugoslavije do osamosvojitve Slovenije leta 1991, ko je Vrhovno sodišče Republike Slovenije lahko šele v polni meri začelo izvrševati vse pristojnosti, ki pripadajo najvišjemu sodišču v državi. V nadaljevanju se avtor zaustavi ob dosežkih (vrhovnega) sodstva v zadnjih desetletjih in se dotakne nekaterih poglavitnih nalog, ki sodstvo opredeljujejo danes, in tistih, ki ga čakajo v prihodnosti. Pri tem je in ostaja osnovno vodilo v delovanju sodstva zagotavljanje načel pravne države, kar je neločljivo povezano z načelom neodvisnosti sodstva kot enega od treh vej oblasti.

The contribution begins with the period after the First World War when new state entities emerged on the territory of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire and established their own state structures. Thus, the newly founded State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs (SHS) had to take care of the functioning of the judicial system as one of the foundations of the organization of state power. Therefore, on 14 November 1918 the first democratically formed Slovenian government, the National Government of SHS, adopted a special act granting the Higher County Court of Ljubljana the position and powers of the Supreme Court. This was the beginning of the path of the Slovenian supreme judiciary, which led through the turbulent times of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, the Second World War, and the SFR Yugoslavia, until the independence of Slovenia in 1991. It was only than, that the Supreme Court of the Republic of Slovenia was able to exercise fully all the powers belonging to the highest court in the country. Afterwards the author presents the achievements of the (supreme) judiciary in recent decades and touches on some of the main tasks of the judiciary for today and for the future. There is and remains a fundamental guideline in the functioning of the judiciary, to ensure the principles of the rule of law, which is inseparable from the principle of the independence of the judiciary, as one of the three branches of government.

One Hundred Years of the Slovenian Supreme Judiciary: From 14 November 1918 to 14 November 2018