ABSTRACT
This chapter presents the English translation of the Opening Lecture Pravo in revolucija by Dean Pitamic, given on 15 April 1920 at the inauguration of the first academic year 1919/1920 at the University of Ljubljana Faculty of Law. The text serves as a timely commentary on the disintegration of the Habsburg monarchy, on the Versailles Peace Conference - at which Dean Pitamic was a delegate - and the rise of the new states and legal orders, primarily by exploring the role of the law and judges in the face of such societal changes.
