Danilo Türk Book Presentation

diplomat and politician, Professor Dr. Danilo Tűrk, who worked as Assistant Secretary-General, then as Professor of International law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Ljubljana. The book Fundamentals of International Law, which appeared first in the Slovenian original in 2007, presents a work of an author who has both deep theoretical background and extensive practical experience in the filed of international law and organizations. Moreover, this is a book which may be, by its approach, very well accessible to Czech readers. Without any doubts, this textbook stems from the best Central-European traditions of international legal doctrine. I should also note that one hundred years ago, both Slovenians and Czechs lived in the same state, being at that time the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. Many contacts, including academic and cultural relations, have continued also after the creation of two independent States. Both the Czech Republic and the Republic of Slovenia are member states of the European Union. In my view, it is important that the voice of such small states like ours would be present and sufficiently represented at the European and global levels.The same is true for the doctrine of international law of those countries, which usually has more complicated possibilities of presen-tation and impact because of the rather limited number of specialists and the fact that the languages are not among the most widely used. The published book and its author are the best examples that the international legal scholarship in our countries is comparable to anywhere in the world. At the same time, each national doctrine brings a specific perspective, arising from the domestic tradition and particular problems which the theory and practice of international law have to deal with. Intheend,Iwould like to thankall collaborators,publishers andsponsorswho made this publication possible. In particular, I would like to thank Dr. David Blažek who translated the text from Slovenian into Czech, Dr. František Rozkot and Mrs. Eva Rozkotová who took care of the technical aspects of the publication. From the point of view of the coordination of this international project, my thanks belong to Doc. Ing. Petr Voznica, Czech Ambassador to the Republic of Slovenia, and Mag. Jacob Štunf, First Counsellor, Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia in Prague. As to the sponsors, I would like to

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