The members of the Institute participated in the following scientific projects:
- APVV-17-0561 “Human rights and Ethical Aspects of Cyber Security“, 08/2018-07/2021, principal investigator G. Dobrovičová
- APVV-21-0336 “Analysis of Judicial Decisions using Artificial Intelligence”, 07/2022-06/2026, principal investigator G. Dobrovičová
- VEGA no. 1/8070/01 “The Influence of Social Transition in the Slovak Republic on Particular Sources of Law“, 01/2001-12/2003, principal investigator I. Kanárik
- VEGA no. 1/2558/05 “The Influence of International and European Law on National Law of the Slovak Republic“, 01/2005-12/2007, principal investigator J. Jankuv, later G. Dobrovičová
- VEGA no. 1/0325/08 “Some of the Social and Cultural Determinants of European Law Development“, 01/2008- 12/2013, principal investigator J. Čipkár
- VEGA no. 1/0613/09 “A Constitution and Constitutional Statutes“, 01/2012- 12/2014, principal investigator A. Bröstl
- VEGA no. 1/0692/12 “Constitutional Principles and their Impact on the Law-Making and Realization of Law“, 01/2012-12/2014, principal investigator A. Bröstl
- VEGA no. 1/0386/19 “New Dimension of the Methodology of Legal Argumentation – The Role of Legal Principles in the Multi-Level Legal System“, 01/2019-12/2021, principal investigator A. Bröstl.
In respect of their professional and scholarly activities, several members of Gustav Radbruch Institute of Theory of Law were awarded numerous honours, recognitions and awards as follows:
- prof. JUDr. Alexander Bröstl, CSc. – in 1975 the extraordinary Award of the Presidium of the Slovak Academy of Sciences for student scientific activity in the field of Humanities; in 2015 the Award of the Rector of Pavol Jozef Šafárik University for significant scientific contribution in the field of Theory of State and Law in Slovakia, for significant scientific, translation, editorial activities and for dissemination of works of prominent world-famous legal philosophers among the Slovak professional community; in 2016 the Memorial medal of the Faculty of Law of Trnava University in Trnava for the contribution to the development of legal science and legal education in Slovakia and enhancement of good reputation of Trnava University in Trnava; in 2018 the honour of the President of the Slovak Republic – Ľudovít Štúr Order for outstanding merit in democracy and its development, human rights and freedom, and development of law; the award of the President of Košice Self-Governing Region for long-term contribution in the field of constitutional and international judiciary, development of education, development of political science, legal thinking and for human attitude in delivering knowledge to the next generation; in 2016 the Gold medal of Pavol Jozef Šafárik University – UPJŠ 60th anniversary.
- prof. JUDr. Gabriela Dobrovičová, PhD. – the Memorial medal of the Faculty of Law of Comenius University in Bratislava for support and cooperation; the Gold medal of Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice for her personal contribution to the development of Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice; the Medal of Honour awarded by the General Director of the Prison and Court Guard Service of the Slovak Republic.
- prof. JUDr. Pavel Holländer, DrSc. – the honour of the President of the Slovak Republic – the Order of the White Double Cross for outstanding merit in human rights and freedoms, protection and development of law; the Medal of the First Grade awarded by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic for activities for the Accreditation Commission and contributions to higher education; the Silver Medal of Antonín Randa awarded by the Union of Czech lawyers (in 2005); authorship award at Karlovy Vary Law Days for the best law publication in 2005-2006; the award Lawyer of the Year 2009 of the Czech Republic in the field of “civil, human and constitutional rights“; the award of the honorary degree of Doctor honoris causa bestowed by the Pan-European University in Bratislava upon professor Holländer as a prominent person whose long-term activities have contributed to legal education in the Slovak Republic and Czech Republic.
The members of the Institute are also renowned for their outstanding qualities as academic officials in the management of the Law Faculty and University. Prof. A. Bröstl held the office of the Vice-Dean for Science and Research during 1991-1992, the office of the Dean of the Law Faculty in the period from 1994 to 1997 and from 2008 to 2011 the position of the Vice-Rector for International Relations and Legislation. Prof. G. Dobrovičová acted in the position of the Vice-Dean for Academic affairs from 2007 to 2011 and from 2011 to 2019 she held the office of the Dean of the Law Faculty.
Since the formation of Gustav Radbruch Institute of Theory of Law, the Institute has regularly organized a series of “Radbruch lectures“ presenting the most distinguished foreign scholars in the field of Theory of State and Law and Legal Philosophy. To the present day, the Institute has hosted jurists, such as prof. Robert Alexy, prof. Stanley Paulson, prof. Carsten Bäcker and prof. Caesar Landa. The Institute also organizes conferences of the Slovak section of IVR before the IVR World Congress. The first Slovak section conference entitled “Dignity, Democracy, Diversity“ was held on 16 May 2019 and the second conference of the Slovak section of IVR conference on “Justice, Community and Freedom“ was convened by the Institute on 19 May 2022.
Since 2012, the Institute in cooperation with the Department of Constitutional and Administrative Law and the Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic co-organizes the international scientific conference “Constitutional Days“. In the past, the Institute was also involved in the organization of a series of lectures of foreign legal scholars, which also included the presentation of the Slovak translation of the book “Judge in Democracy“ by Aharon Barak and the lecture of prof. Dr. Clemens Jabloner, the Director of the Hans Kelsen Institute in Wien, with the presentation of the Slovak translation of the work of Hans Kelsen “Pure theory of law“, the lecture of Robert Alexy on the Slovak edition of the book “The concept and the nature of law“, or the lecture of John Finnis presenting the translation of the book “Natu- ral law and natural rights“ into the Slovak language. Prof. JUDr. Alexander Bröstl, CSc. and prof. JUDr. Pavel Holländer, DrSc. deserve an outstanding merit for their work on translations, editorial works and publications of the above-mentioned books and of many more in the edition of Exempla Iuris.
Gustav Radbruch Institute of Theory of Law actively cooperates with the Law Faculty of Comenius University in Bratislava and the Law Faculty of Trnava University in Trnava. The Institute also collaborates with the Institute of State and Law of the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava and with the Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic in Košice.
