Comparison of the Organisation of Local Administration in the Czech Republic and the Republic of Montenegro The thesis Comparison of the organisation of local administration in the Czech Republic and the Republic of Montenegro deals with the basic principles of the organisation of local administration in the above mentioned states both in the form of valid legislation and its practical implementation. A large space is devoted to the constitutional foundations defining the scope of powers of local self-governments and the degree of their decision making autonomy and to two basic laws which determine essential institutes and aspects of the local self-governments administrative activity - the Czech Law on Municipalities and the Montenegrin Law on Local Self-Government. Major part of the thesis is descriptive and it is analysing and comparing the valid legislation. This part is followed by the evaluation of the practical implementation of the legislation and by the reflection of real organisation and functioning of local administration in both countries. The thesis is divided into 7 chapters. After the brief introduction the chapter dealing with Montenegro exclusively follows. It contains short characteristics of the state, its organisation, political system and administrative division. The chapter...

In the context of the financial crisis of the last years,a centralizing tendency has grown, leaving asidethe attribution of powers to Regional Governments. The margin of the economic intervention of those entities has been reduced to the management and  implementation of the solutions previously developed and imposed by the Central Government.In this article, the outstanding author presents us a legal analysis, on the basis of the Italian case, as to whether it is reasonable to chase social-economic development, excluding the system of local self-governments, or relegating them to a purely passive role. / En el contexto de la crisis financiera de los últimosaños, se ha dado una tendencia centralizadora queha dejado de lado la atribución de potestades a losGobiernos Regionales. El margen de intervencióneconómica de dichas entidades se ha visto reducido a la gestión y ejecución de soluciones desarrolladas e impuestas por el Gobierno Central.En este artículo, la destacada autora nos plantea un análisis jurídico, tomando como base el caso italiano, respecto a si es que es razonable perseguir el crecimiento económico-social, excluyendo el sistema de los gobiernos autónomos, o relegándolos a un rol meramente pasivo.