TFL Vsebine / Revija Pravnik

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Pred kratkim je v 95. letu umrl profesor dr. Janez Šmidovnik. Vse do konca je bil dejaven, tudi na pravniškem področju. V svojem dolgem življenju se je uveljavil kot velik in priznan pravni strokovnjak. Večino časa svojega službovanja je bil zaposlen v državni upravi, skoraj ves čas v Službi vlade za zakonodaje. Bil pa je tudi profesor javne uprave na Fakulteti za upravo Univerze v Ljubljani. Pri strokovnem in znanstvenem delu se je posvečal predvsem proučevanju vprašanj uprave, javne uprave, javnih služb in lokalne samouprave. Na teh področjih se je uveljavil kot eden vodilnih ali vodilni strokovnjak, kar velja zlasti za področje lokalne samouprave. Zmeraj se je angažirano in kritično odzival na družbeno dogajanje, s članki in drugimi polemičnimi zapisi, v katerih je vselej ostro, natančno in ironično analiziral družbeno dogajanje, zlasti politično. Kot pravni strokovnjak in kot človek je za seboj pustil veliko vrzel.

Recently, in his 95. year Professor Janez Šmidovnik, Phd. died. Until the very end he was active, also in the judicial sphere. In his long life he has established himself as a great and renowned legal expert. Most of the time he has been employed in the State administration, almost all the time at the Government Office for legislation. He has been also a Professor of public administration at the Faculty of Administration of the University of Ljubljana. He was dealing particularly with issues in the fields of administration, public administration, public services, and local government. In these areas he has established himself as one of the leading or leading expert, particularly in the area of local government. He has been always engaged and critically responded to social events, with articles and other polemic records in which he has always sharply, precisely and ironically analysed social developments, especially political ones. He left a major gap as a legal expert and as a man behind.

Janez Šmidovnik, PhD (1921–2016)