Dilemmas of territorial division of the Republic of Croatia and of the Republic of Slovenia

U radu se obrađuje lokalna samouprava i teritorijalna podjela. Teorija o diobi vlasti cjelovito je razvijena još u 18 st. Njome je ukazano na potrebu razdvajanja vlasti na: zakonodavnu, izvršnu i sudsku. Uz trodiobu centralne vlasti, ustavi razvijenih zemalja jamče i pravo na organiziranje lokalne i regionalne samouprave, kao i daljnju disperziju vlasti. Izgradnja države i uređenje lokalne uprave prolazilo je kroz velike promjene tijekom povijesti. Teritorij je temeljni čimbenik svake društvene pripadnosti. Lokalna jedinica je pojedino područje u kojem djeluje lokalni sustav upravljanja, pod tim pojmom misli se na određeni teritorij.Prema životnom prostoru, koji se mijenja urbanizacijom izgrađuje se i uspostavlja upravna i samoupravna struktura. Danas je gotovo u svim zemljama Europske unije prihvaćeno načelo supsidijarnosti, koje kaže: da bi se javni poslovi trebali obavljati na što nižoj teritorijalnoj razini.Metode korištene pri pisanju rada su: induktivna i deduktivna metoda, metoda analize i sinteze, statistička metoda i povijesna metoda. Predmet rada su dileme pri formiranju i teritorijalnoj podjeli jedinica lokalne samouprave.This thesis is about lokal govermenent and territorial division. Division of power theory was developed yet in the 18th century. It points out the need for separation of power into legislative, executive and judicial. Along with tripartite division of the central government, constitutions of developed countries also guarantee the right to organize lokal and regional governments, as well as the further dispersion of power.State building and renovation of local government went through major changes throughout history.Territory is a fundamental fastor of every social affiliation. Local unit is a particular area and the local system of managment (referring to the specific territory) actes within it.Administrative and self-governing structure is built up and established according to the living space that is changing by urbanization. Today in almost all countries of the European Union is adopted the principle of subsidiarity, which says that the public affarias should be carried out at the lowest territorial level. Methovs used in writing the thesis are: inductive and deductive methods, methods of analysis and synthesis, statistical method and historical method. The subject of thesis are dilemmas in the formation and territorial division of local governments