This year’s Legal Reasoning conference was held on Friday, 15 May 2026, at the Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb (Trg Republike Hrvatske 3, lecture hall 4). The conference was organised by the Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, and the Croatian Association for Legal and Social Philosophy and the Theory of Law and the State (HUPSF). The aim of the conference was to bring together distinguished scholars and experts to discuss contemporary challenges in the philosophy and epistemology of evidentiary reasoning in law.
The conference was organised to mark the publication of the new book by Professor Bojan Spaić, The Philosophy of Legal Evidence, published in 2026 by the Faculty of Law, University of Belgrade. This monograph constitutes an exceptionally important contribution to legal theory in the region, addressing fundamental issues relating to evidence and judicial fact-finding.
The conference programme featured six professors and researchers from universities in Italy (Bocconi University), Croatia (the University of Zagreb), and Serbia (the University of Belgrade).
The intensive programme addressed key topics through the following presentations:
- A Lawyer’s Philosophy of Evidential Reasoning – Professor Bojan Spaić (University of Belgrade);
- Theory of Evidence and the Ideology of Procedural Principles: Reflections from European and Comparative Civil Procedure – Professor Alan Uzelac (University of Zagreb);
- Proof in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Epistemological and Procedural Challenges in Criminal Proceedings – Professor Zlata Đurđević (University of Zagreb);
- Evidence and Analogy – Professor Giovanni Tuzet (Bocconi University);
- A Few Philosophical Questions About Evidential Reasoning in Judicial Decision-Making – Professor Goran Dajović (University of Belgrade);
- From Rules of Evidence to Theories of Evidence: A Philosophical Inquiry – Dr Marianela Delgado Nieves (University of Zagreb).
