Consistency is one of the most important term formation principles and yet Slovene legal terms in different areas are relatively frequently changed. This is often due to a search for a more appropriate Slovene term. Creating new legal terms runs the risk of creating similar terms, because the new term shifts the conceptual boundaries. Jože Toporišič suggested replacing some legal terms in the draft of The Constitution of the Republic of Slovenia. The paper presents his proposals and the decisions taken.
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