The author reviews the book Time-dependence of the Interpretation of Law
published in 2018 by the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts as a result
of the scientific conference under the editorship of Marijan Pavčnik and
Tilen Štajnpihler Božič. The co-authors are Matjaž Ambrož, Rok Čeferin, Albin
Igličar, Erik Kerševan, Aleš Novak, Tomaž Pavčnik, Jadranka Sovdat and
Dragica Wedam Lukić. Indeces were authored by Mojca Zadravec. The contributors
thoroughly analyse general aspects of time-dependence of the interpretation
of law, law in time and time in law, dimensions of time in criminal
law with a special emphasis on the problem of the retroactive applicability of
extended limitation periods, interpretation of the validity, mandatory power
and the application of the law, predictability of the civil procedure, case law
changes in civil law disputes and their impact on parties’ rights in the proceedings,
the time issue in transitional provisions of civil procedural law, appeal to
tradition as an argument in legal reasoning, the effectiveness of judicial protection
against state authorities in space and time and, last but not least, temporal
aspects of the constitutional review. In conclusion, the author strongly
recommends the book to all academics and practitioners, suggesting further
research of time-independence of the interpretation of law, including case law
of national, European and international courts.
Key words: time-dependence, interpretation of law, predictability, validity and
application of law, retroactivity, criminal law, civil law, civil procedure, tradition,
administrative law, constitutional review.