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This paper analyzes the current situation in the field of access to information of public importance in Serbia. The introductory part of the paper shows the development of the right to free access to information throughout history, with a special focus on current issues in the application of this right. The central theme of the paper is the systemic abuse of the right to free access to information of public importance, which has been present for the last two years, with a growing tendency. How the abuse occurs and its causes are presented, together with the proposals for measures that should be implemented to prevent the continuation of the abuse and eliminate the future harmful consequences of such negligent behaviour of individual citizens and their lawyers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Mykolas Römeris wrote about various legal issues in his diaries. He also wrote about cases that were examined at the Permanent Court of International Justice in The Hague, where the prominent Lithuanian lawyer served as an ad hoc judge (or national Lithuanian judge). He wrote about the case of the interpretation of the Statute of the Memel Territory, to which he devoted numerous pages in volume 34 of his diaries. Naturally, he also wrote about the case of the Panevėžys–Saldutiškis railway, to which this article is dedicated. While describing the Panevėžys–Saldutiškis case in his diaries, Römeris: looked into issues of international law and the process of hearing cases at the Permanent Court of International Justice; analyzed the ad hoc role of the judge and not only the legal, but also the political and psychological reasons for making decisions; described in detail the judges’ discussions, considering one or another issue, the origin of the case, the legal intricacies of the case, the Lithuanian delegation, the preparation of Lithuania’s defense strategy, and preparation for the judicial process; and presented his opinion regarding the preliminary objections presented by Lithuania. The structure of this article was determined by the progress and stages of the trial process. The scientific foundation of this research consists of the material of two funds stored in the Wróblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, Vilnius University Library. The historical, comparative, analytical, descriptive, linguistic, and document analysis methods were used in the research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

It is customary to consider M. Römeris as the creator of Lithuanian constitutional law. However, his academic and social activities testified to the fact that he was also a pioneer of Lithuanian administrative law. M. Römeris was most professionally and thoroughly interested in issues of administrative law in Lithuania, especially in developing the concept of an administrative court. The first monograph in Lithuanian language related to the institute of administrative law (control of the legality of administrative acts or judicial review), “The Administrative Court”, was written by this scholar. Not only that, but Römeris also developed the topic of administrative law in his articles, other books, studies, diaries, and the case-law of the Supreme Tribunal. Further, Römeris was also involved in drafting the Statute of the Council of State, drafting the Law on Administrative Courts, writing explanatory notes to draft laws, advising the Seimas Commission on drafting the Law on Administrative Court, teaching students about judicial review, inviting professors of the University of Paris to give public lectures on administrative justice to Lithuanian lawyers, trying to establish a School of Political Science and an Institute of Administrative Sciences, and finally desperately trying to establish an administrative court in Lithuania. The scientific foundation of this article consists of the material of five funds stored in the Manuscript Departments of the National Central State Archives of Lithuania, Martynas Mažvydas National Library, the Wróblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, and Vilnius University Library. The historical, comparative, analytical, descriptive, and document analysis methods were used in the research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A decade ago Serbia has carried out the reform of judicial control of public administration by establishing the Administrative Court The expected results, however have not been achieved and the problems that caused the reform have not been resolved Therefore, a decade later a new reform is in sight The planned changes include establishing more administrative courts and introducing an instance administrative dispute The aim of this paper is to discuss there changes, but in a slightly different way Instead of their uncritical acceptance and justification by European legal standards, they are analysed having in mind the legal nature of the administrative dispute Successful administrative dispute reform cannot be achieved if European legal standards are blindly accepted and copied literally from classical court proceedings. Only the legal nature of the administrative dispute and the features that make it special and different from the usual court disputes can lead us to a successful implementation of the changes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

IN A STATE BASED ON LEGAL ORDER, JUDICIAL CONTROL OF THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IS THE MOST IMPORTANT OF CONTROL, ITS WORKLOAD AS ADMINISTRATIVE LEGAL INSTRUMENT THROUGH WHICH CITIZENS WHO EXPERIENCED STARVATION IN THE RIGHTS AND LEGITIMATE INTERESTS CANNOT DEFEND THEM AGAINST ABUSE OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION. ONE OF THE SUBJECTS FOR REFERRAL TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE COURT, AS A "DEFENDER" OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS, IS THE ADVOCATE OF THE PEOPLE, THAT THIS INSPECTION CARRIED OUT, ACCORDING TO ITS ORGANIC LAW, IF IT CONSIDERS THAT ACT OR REFUSAL ILLEGALITY ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY TO ACHIEVE LEGAL PREROGATIVES MAY NOT BE REMOVED FROM OFFICE ONLY BY JUSTICE, COURT MAY REFER TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE COURT. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this study surprised certain aspects concerning the theoretical of the ombudsman institution in general and certain aspects of the origin of the concept, referring me to in particular to its quality of the administrative proceedings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The authors reconsider the existing Croatian law relating to the parties in administrative procedure and administrative dispute. They elaborate the notion of party to the administrative procedure, who is and who can be a party to the procedure, they also deal with the presumptions for a party activity, principles concerning the legal status of the party and the status itself. Further on they elaborate on the parties to the legal dispute and their legal status, legal decisions for the purpose of protecting the rights and legal interests of the parties involved in that dispute. They also deal with an issue of implementation of the new legal provisions concerning the parties in the practice of administrative procedure and administrative dispute. Finally, the implementation of the convention right in deciding the cases in administrative procedure is dealt with, in particular the principles of interpreting the Convention for protection of rights and legal interests in the administrative procedure and/or administrative dispute. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The subject of analysis in this paper are regulations that govern the judicial protection of electoral right, especially the cases brought before the Serbian Administrative Court during the parliamentary and local elections of 2012 and 2014, the former of which are remembered by a number of alleged irregularities. We used a standard legal methodological apparatus to analyze the normative framework for administrative and judicial protection of electoral right. The paper analyzes the jurisprudence of all departments of the Serbian Administrative Court, with special emphasis on the cases of the Niš Unit of the Administrative Court. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article attempts to show in a manner as concise as possible the evolution of the term "administrative contract" in our country and to describe the main elements that form the administrative structure of a contract, as well as the rules that govern the way these contracts are concluded. There should be noted the similarities and differences between administrative contracts and civil contracts in terms of the contracting parties, knowing that in such contracts, one of the Contracting Parties will be an administrative authority or a legal person authorized by the competent authority, while the other contracting party will be a private person, outside the public administration system, and which may be a natural or legal person, that these contracts have clauses that cannot be accepted or modified only by the Contracting Party (private person). The object of administrative contracts may consist of: enhancement of public assets, the execution of public works, public services, public procurement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Government Ordinance, as a normative administrative act, is similar with the law - lato sensu - meaning that it has the same value and effects. The control that other authorities exert over the Government Ordinance reveals the role of the Parliament and of the Constitutional Court, in the proceedings a priori and the constitutional control, based on article 146 d) from the fundamental law. Even if the Government Ordinance is an administrative act it can not be brought before the administrative court, together with other administrative normative and individual acts, because the Constitution and Law no. 554 from 2004 do not allow such control. The courts are confronted with the claims for annulling some texts of Government Ordinances or the entire normative act, but, first, they must try an admissibility control in order to avoid the breach of the old principle of separation and equilibrium of powers in the democratic state, provided by the Constitution. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]