We are proud to announce that Professor Dr. Marko Pavliha (Professor of International Maritime Law, Transport Law, and Insurance Law at the University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Maritime Studies and Transportation, Portorož, Slovenia, and also a longstanding Visiting Professor at IMO International Maritime Law Institute and a Member of the IMLI Governing Board) has been awarded the Golden Plaque. The Golden Plaque is awarded for exceptional contributions to the development of scientific, pedagogical or artistic endeavours, and for strengthening the reputation of the University of Ljubljana. As a continuously active and devoted academic who has published widely throughout his prolific career, Prof. Dr. Pavliha has once again shown his diligence and he has made extensive research and writings, resulting in the publication of four books in the past year, three written in the Slovenian language and one in English.
One of his recent books is a second edition of the handbook entitled Primary School of Rhetoric (Mala šola retorike II) which he wrote together with Ms. Bogdana Herman, who is a longstanding teacher of rhetoric at the Ljubljana Law Faculty. His second publication is called Beyond Materialistic Belief: Spiritual Awakenings (Onkraj materialističnega prepričanja: duhovna dramila, a collection of essays about consciousness and spirituality, which is to a great extent based on his recent activities within the Galileo Commission, a special project of the Scientific and Medical Network.
This book has been nominated for the Rožanc Award for the best Slovenian book of essays in 2021. Another book by Prof. Pavliha, that was recently published, is the third edition of Insurance Law written together with three experts and practitioners from the insurance industry, Jernej Veberič, Dejan Srše and Milan Gobec. The renewed and enriched edition (the first was written by Prof. Dr. Marko Pavliha in 2000) is a unique and leading Slovenian scientific monograph that comprehensively deals with legal aspects of insurance and the specifics of compulsory, maritime, aviation and space insurance and reinsurance contracts. It is intended for insurance practitioners, lawyers, judges and other legal professionals, as well as undergraduate and postgraduate students of law, economics, transport and logistics sciences, maritime affairs and others.
His fourth monograph, entitled Transport Law on Passenger Rights, was published by the worldwide renowned Routledge Publishing House and forms part of the book series "IMLI Studies in International Maritime Law." The book series, published by Routledge simultaneously in London and New York, is dedicated to the publishing of original, scholarly contributions that analyze key issues in international maritime law, which are of interest to an audience of students, scholars and practitioners in international maritime law. The book offers a rich study on transport law and its human dimension reflected particularly in the protection of passenger rights and represents an important contribution to the scholarly literature on the subject. Prof. Pavliha has also, in the past two years, been elected again as Member of the Executive Council of the Maritime Law Association of Slovenia, and Member of the Strategic Council of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia.
He was also awarded the Ten Most Influential Slovenian Lawyers Award and the 60th Anniversary of the Faculty of Maritime Studies and Transportation of the University of Ljubljana Award for promoting the Faculty at the national and international level. In addition, he was elected Honorary Member of the Association of Members of the Slovenian Parliament. Prof. Pavliha will be awarded the Golden Plaque on 30th November 2021 at the ceremonial session of the Senate of University of Ljubljana. In the Maritime Law Association of Slovenia (MLAS) we wish to sincerely congratulate our colleague Prof. Dr. Pavliha on this remarkable and well-deserved achievement!”