A. INTRODUCTION

The Republic of Slovenia is a civil law country with the result that the doctrine of “stare decis” is not observed. Maritime legislation is within the authority of the Slovenian Parliament (Državni zbor) while maritime cases are taken before the District Court of Koper (Okrosžno sodišče v Kopru) and the Court of Appeal (Viš sodišče v Kopru. The right to appeal to the Supreme Court of the Republic of Slovenia (Vrhovno sodiš če Republike Slovenije) is also granted on certain conditions.