Luby Law Days Explained

Luby Law Days is an international legal scientific conference organized in Slovakia in September biennially since 1990. It is named after the Slovak lawyer, Štefan Luby.^{[1] [2]} The 16th Luby Law Days took place in September 2023.^[3]

The main organisers are Štefan Luby Foundation and the Faculty of Law of the University of Trnava. The first years were organised by the Faculty of Law of the Comenius University. In addition to them, the Slovak Academy of Sciences and the Slovak Bar Association have been involved in the organisation of some years.

The main initiators of the conference and the founders of the Štefan Luby Foundation that organizes the conference, were the legal theorist Jozef Prusák,^[4] the legal romanist Peter Blaho, the professor of civil law Ján Lazar and the professor of labour law, Helena Barancová.^{[5] [6]}

Since 2002, the Luby Law Days has been held at the Smolenice Castle. The papers presented at the conference mainly concern the field of private law and are usually published in book form. The conference is regularly attended by prominent lawyers from the countries of the Visegrád Group, Germany, Austria, the Netherlands and the countries of Southern and Eastern Europe. The participants are usually professors and lecturers of private law, but also practitioners or notaries.^[7]

According to some lawyers, the conference is "unique in Central and Eastern Europe" in its category.

Years and Subjects!Nr.!Year!Subject!Locality

1st	1990		Trenčianske Teplice
2nd	1992		Trenčianske Teplice
3rd	1994		Trenčianske Teplice
4th	1996		Bratislava
5th	1998		Bratislava
6th	2000		Omšenie
7th	2002		Smolenice
8th	2004		Smolenice
9th	2007		Smolenice
10th	2009		Smolenice
11th	2013		Smolenice
12th	2015	Damages as a Remedy in Private Law	Smolenice
13th	2017	Social Function of Law and Growing Wealth Inequality	Smolenice
14th	2019	Ad hoc Legislation in Private Law	Smolenice
15th	2021	Loss of Life and Its Compensation In Private Law	Smolenice
16th	2023	A Human In Law	Smolenice
17th	2025(announced)	Technological Developments and Private Law[8]	Smolenice

External links

• Luby Law Days on the Faculty of Law of the University of Trnava in Trnava web page

Notes and References

1. Detvai . Štefan . 2002 . Slovenská advokátska komora spoluorganizátorom VII. Lubyho právnických dní . Bulletin slovenskej advokácie . 1. 101 . 1335-1079.
2. Web site: Lubyho právnické dni sa zaoberajú ad hoc legislatívou . 2023-10-24 . . Bratislava.
3. Web site: Lubyho právnické dni . 2023-10-24 . Právnická fakulta Trnavskej univerzity v Trnave . Trnava.
4. Návrat . Matúš . Škreko . Anton . 2004 . VIII. Lubyho právnické dni - kodifikácia, europeizácia a harmonizácia súkromného práva . Justičná revue . Bratislava . Právnický ústav Ministerstva spravodlivosti Slovenskej republiky . 56 . 12 . 1431 . 1335-6461.
5. Adamova . Zuzana . Kosnacova . Marianna . 2004 . Viii. Dies Luby Iurisprudentiae - Harmonisation, Codification And Europeanisation Of Private Law - Conference organised by the Stefan Luby Foundation in co-operation with the Law Faculty of the University of Trnava - Smolenice (Slovak Republic), 16 – 17 September 2004 . Uniform Law Review . 9 . 3 . 585–588 . 10.1093/ulr/9.3.585 . 1124-3694.
6. Grófiková . Zuzana . Dorič . Pavol . 2021 . Ujma zo straty ľudského života a jej náhrada v súkromnom práve . Ars Notaria . Notárska komora Slovenskej republiky . Bratislava . 24 . 4 . 23–25 . 1335-2229.
7. Grófiková . Zuzana . 2002 . Správa z vedeckej konferencie VII. Lubyho právnických dní . Ars Notaria . 4 . 11–12 . 1335-6461.
8. Web site: XVII. Lubyho právnické dni: Technologický pokrok a súkromné právo . XVII. Luby Law Days: Technological developments and private law . 2024-12-04 . Trnava University in Trnava, Faculty of Law . Trnava.