NAČELO VLADAVINE PRAVA U TEORIJI I PRAKSI

Rad prikazuje temeljni i najviši ideal pravednog društva – načelo vladavine prava, kao i koncept ustavne vladavine. Tako rad prikazuje koncept ustavne vladavine kao sustav utemeljen na idejama vladavine prava i konstitucionalizma, definirajući ga kao pravni sustav pokoravanja zakonima, a ne ljudima. U radu se nastoji razgraničiti formalna od materijalne vladavine prava te se vladavina prava razmatra kao temeljna vrijednost u pravnim sustavima međunarodnih organizacija Ujedinjenih naroda, Europske unije i Vijeća Europe. Zaključno se prikazuju stajališta Ustavnog suda RH o načelu vladavine prava u konkretnim sudskim odlukama.The paper presents the fundamental and highest ideal of a fair society – the principle of the rule of law and the concept of constitutional rule. It depicts the concept of constitutional law as a system based on the ideas of the rule of law and constitutionalism, defining it as a law-abiding system. The paper attempts to separate the formal from the substantive rule of law and therein the rule of law is regarded as the fundamental value in the legal systems of international organizations such as the United Nations, the European Union and the Council of Europe. The conclusion shows the viewpoints of the Croatian Constitutional Court on the principle of the rule of law in concrete judgements