'Ante Starčević. Ideals of Freedom and Law' by Pavo Barišić

Book review

Abstract

May 2023 brought the 200th anniversary of the birth of Ante Starčević (1823 – 1896), pater patriae and one of the most prominent figures in Croatian history. To commemorate this important jubilee, as well as the 125th anniversary of his death, Full Professor Pavo Barišić, Ph.D. presented us with a meticulously researched book titled ‘Ante Starčević. Ideali slobode i prava [Ante Starčević. Ideals of Freedom and Law]’, published by Školska knjiga in Zagreb in 2022. Professor Barišić is a well-established expert in the area of philosophy of law and an authority on the subject of Ante Starčević, having already published the book ‘Filozofija prava Ante Starčevića [Philosophy of Law of Ante Starčević]’ in 1996, the year of the 100th anniversary of Starčević’s death, as well as various other research papers, editions and source materials. Moreover, as a professor at the Faculty of Croatian Studies of the University of Zagreb, Barišić introduced the lectures and courses on the philosophy of law and state of Ante Starčević in 1993, rounding up three decades of continuous research on the subject.