Review article
LEGAL AND FINANCIAL ASPECTS OF THE POSITION OF RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA
Tijana Vukojičić Tomić
; Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb
Abstract
The article examines legal system and the issue of status rights of religious communities. Position of religious communities, particularly in public affairs performance and its financing, is determined by existence of several sources of law which are separately analyzed. Diversification of Croatian positive legislation results in presence of a number of religious communities’ categories, among which there is significant inconsistency in the status rights fulfillment. The article analyses legal nature and concrete effects of arguable Croatian Government instruction setting out the criteria which religious communities have to satisfy in order to conclude an agreement on issues of common interest for the Republic of Croatia and one or more religious communities with it. From this analysis it is concluded that the system in presence does not allow for the full application of right to equality of all religious communities before the law in their activities performance and its financing, particularly when public authorities are granted, and therefore recommendations for the system improvements are given.
Keywords
religious communities (categories); registration of religious communities; status rights; public authorities; contracts; principle of equality; financing
Hrčak ID:
134253
URI
Publication date:
30.12.2014.
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