Venice Commission of the Council of Europe

Professor of constitutional law, University of Ljubljana, former member of National Election Commission

LEGAL EDUCATION

• University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Law: LL.B. (2000), LL.M. (2004), Ph.D. (2008)

ACADEMIC CAREER

• Full Professor of Constitutional Law (2019-current) at the University of Ljubljana; Associate professor (2014- 2019), Assistant professor (2009-2014); Teaching assistant, junior researcher (2002-2009)
• Senior Researcher at the Institute of Comparative Law, Ljubljana (2022-current)
• Visiting lecturer or researcher (universities of Catania, Bergen, Palermo, Reykjavik, Bratislava, Skopje, Tűbingen, etc.)

FIELDS OF INTEREST

• constitutionalism and human rights
• European constitutional law
• Election law
• Immigration law

OTHER POSITIONS AND ACTIVITIES

• Deputy member of the National Election Commission (2004-2012 and 2016-2020)
• Dean, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Law (2002-2024); Vice-Dean, University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Law (2021-2022)
• Member of expert group in the constitutional revision process on the issue of early elections, National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia (2011) and on the issue of the process of government formation (2012 and 2023)
• Member of the Expert Group on the implementation of the ECtHR judgment in Ališić and others v. Slovenia (2014-2016).

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• ZAGORC, Saša, FAJDIGA, Mohor. Freedom or feardom of expression of judges?: exploring the "chilling effect" on judicial speech. European constitutional law review. 2023, vol. 19, iss. 2, pp. 249-270.
• GRAD, Franc, KAUČIČ, Igor, ZAGORC, Saša. Ustavno pravo [Constitutional Law]. 4th ed. Pravna fakulteta: Litteralis. Ljubljana 2022. 899 pp.
• GRAD, Franc, SOVDAT, Jadranka, ZAGORC, Saša. Volilno pravo [Election Law]. Ljubljana Litteralis: Pravna fakulteta. Ljubljana 2021.
• ZAGORC, Saša, KOS, Marjan. European values and national constitutions : bringing the EU Charter in from uncharted waters. In: CASAROSA,  Federica (ed.), MORARU, Madalina (ed.). The practice of judicial interaction in the field of fundamental rights: the added value of the Charter of  Fundamental Rights of the EU. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022. pp. 59-79.