Janez Kranjc#
| Membership Number: | 3176 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | LAW |
| Elected: | 2012 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SLOVENIA |
| Homepage(s): | http: |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1994 - present Founder and chairman of the International Forum at the University of Ljubljana Faculty of Law
- 1993 - 1995 Vice Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana
- 1995 Chairman of the Commission drafting the new University Statutes and the main author of the draft
- 1995-2011 member of the academic senate of the University of Ljubljana
- 1995 - 2001 Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana
- 2001-2003 Vice Dean of the Faculty of Law
- 2003-2005 member of the Council of Europe’s expert team working on a project “Law Faculty Reviews in Bosnia and Herzegovina”
- From 2004 Editor in chief of the international legal journal Slovenian Law Review, published in English, French and German
- 2004 - 2009 member of the High Judicial Council of the Republic of Slovenia
- 2007 - 2009 President of the High Judicial Council of the Republic of Slovenia
- 2007 re-elected Chairman of the University of Ljubljana statutory commission
- 2009 President of the Board of ELFA (Europena Law Faculties Association)
- 2010 re-elected Chairman of the University of Ljubljana statutory commission
- 2010 elected member of the Council for environmental protection of the Republic of Slovenia
Fields of Scholarship
- Roman law
- Legal terminology
- Legal history
Honours and Awards
- 2001 The Silver Order of Freedom of the Republic of Slovenia (Srebrni častni znak svobode Republike Slovenije)
- 2006 Chevalier de l'ordre des palmes académiques
- 2010 Zois Prize for top achievements in science, research and development
