TFL Vsebine / Revija Pravnik

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Profesor Gorazd Kušej (1907–1985) – dolgoletni predavatelj in raziskovalec na Pravni fakulteti Univerze v Ljubljani – je s svojim delom postavil temelje pravne teorije in pravne terminologije v našem prostoru. Kušej se je na Pravno fakulteto vpisal v dvajsetih letih 20. stoletja in naglo začel akademski vzpon. Na fakulteti je deloval v Kraljevini Jugoslaviji, med drugo svetovno vojno in po njej: družbeno-politične spremembe, ki jim je bil priča, se zrcalijo v njegovem delu. Poleg pedagoškega udejstvovanja je bil Kušej pomemben član mednarodne akademske skupnosti ter strokovnjak za ustavno pravo. Pričujoči prispevek približa življenje in delo profesorja Kušeja, njegov odmev in zasluge za razvoj pravnih ved v našem prostoru. Njegovo predanost demokratičnim idealom ter vpetost v zgodovinski kontekst pa prispevek ponazori s pregledom njegovih razmislekov o demokratični ureditvi, napisanih v različnih ideoloških kontekstih.

Professor Gorazd Kušej (1907–1985) laid the foundations of Slovene legal theory and legal terminology through decades of academic work at the Faculty of Law (University of Ljubljana). Belonging to the first generations of students at the newly founded faculty, Kušej quickly began his academic ascent. He was an active faculty member in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, during the Second World War and in socialist Yugoslavia: he witnessed several profound social and political transformations which undoubtedly impacted his academic opus. Not only was he a distinguished professor that taught generations of future lawyers, he was also an important member of international academic community and an influential constitutional lawyer. This article takes a closer look at his biography and the lasting influence of his work. Furthermore, the article engages with his dedication to democracy and its entanglement within historical context. To illustrate this, the article reviews his publications regarding democratic ideal written in diverse ideological settings: withering liberal democracy, fascist occupation and socialism

Gorazd Kušej (1907–1985): Democracy and Becoming