The master’s thesis examines the development and transformation of constitutional adjudication in Slovenia during the transition from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to the independent Republic of Slovenia. The central research question is whether constitutional adjudication continued in a legal sense or whether the independence of Slovenia marked a discontinuity, with the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Slovenia as a completely new legal entity, disconnected from the republican constitutional court of the Yugoslav era. The theoretical part explores the concept of legal continuity through legal philosophy and classical theorists, such as Hans Kelsen. The empirical part analyzes the institutional development of constitutional adjudication in Slovenia. It presents the origins of the republican constitutional court under the 1963 Constitution, its powers, composition, procedures, and links to the Federal Constitutional Court of the SFRY. Special attention is given to the changes brought by the 1974 Constitution, which significantly altered the court’s jurisdiction and structure. After gaining independence in 1991, a new Constitutional Court of the Republic of Slovenia was established, based on the Slovenian Constitution and functioning as an independent body for the protection of constitutionality and fundamental human rights. Instead of a one - dimensional interpretation, the thesis introduces a concept of intertwined continuity and discontinuity, where the new court maintains some functions of the former system but within a transformed legal and political framework. This contributes to understanding legal transition and the role of constitutional adjudication in ensuring the stability of the legal system.
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