The contribution is an obituary for the late professor emeritus Bojan
Zabel. Professor Zabel’s illustrious career saw him ascend from the role of
assistant to that of a full professor in 1996 at the University of Ljubljana’s
Faculty of Law. In recognition of his distinguished service and significant contributions, the Senate of the University of Ljubljana honoured
him with the title professor
emeritus towards the end of his career. His professional and scientific
aspira- tions took him to Paris to the International Chamber
of Commerce, to lectures
in Bologna, Naples, Trieste, Madrid, Rome, Warsaw and Leipzig, to the USA and
back again to the Max-Planck Institute in Munich and Asser Institute in The
Hague. He has been dealing with commercial law all the time, from lec- tures on Status Economic
Law, Status Contracts, International Economic Law and
Commercial Law Transactions to selected chapters
of Obligation Law and
Competition Law. He has also participated in a number
of other courses
in un- dergraduate, master’s and doctoral studies. His bibliography is rich and diverse
in the field of commercial law, consistently marked by depth and
analytical rigour. A classical
theorist, he we also a practitioner par excellence, contribut- ing a series of commentaries on
laws and frequently serving as an arbitrator.
Key words: Bojan Zabel, obituary, Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana, eco- nomic
law, professor emeritus.