ЗАСТУПАЊЕ У ПАРНИЦИ ПО ЗАКОНУ О ПАРНИЧНОМ ПОСТУПКУ РЕПУБЛИКЕ СРБИЈЕ
REPRESENTATION IN LAWSUITS UNDER THE SERBIAN CIVIL (LITIGIOUS) PROCEDURE ACT

Summary/Abstract: By adopting the 2004 Act on Civil Proceedings, the Republic of Serbia once again (after more than a century) regulated the field of civil procedure. Compared to the previously existing rules of procedure, this Act has brought about certain changes regarding the representation of litigants in a lawsuit. In this paper, the author analyses the principle of a free-choice and mandatory representation, as the basis of the institute of representation in a civil action, and their normative specification in the new act. The author illustrates and analyses the changes referring to representation in a lawsuit, points at the accomplished normative results, and analyses the theoretical aspect of the actual changes regarding legal representatives, representatives of legal persons and attorneys by power. Furthermore, the author highlights the motives and goals of these new legal solutions, discussing their legal and political implications. The author considers these new legal solutions appropriate for promoting the legality and efficiency of civil proceedings injudicial practice.

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