Građansko parnično procesno pravo

The book is used in higher legal education, especially at the Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb.

Main topics:

• Introduction and basics: Definition of civil litigation law, its autonomy in relation to substantive law, sources (constitution, laws, case law). Description of the judiciary in Croatia: organization of courts, international jurisdiction, basic principles (constitutionality, legality, dispositive power, economy, equality of parties, legal aid).
• Subjects of the procedure: Courts and other bodies (public prosecutors, mediators); jurisdiction (material, territorial, international); parties (plaintiff, defendant, legal entities); representatives (lawyers, attorneys); interveners and third parties.
• Activities of the subjects: Procedural actions (form, deadlines, deliveries); lawsuit (content, submission, corrections); defendant's response; participation of multiple parties (joining of lawsuits); costs (collection, release); proving (means: testimonial, documentary, evidentiary; evaluation of evidence).
• Course of proceedings: First-instance proceedings (preparatory hearing, main hearing); suspension and renewal; termination (judgment, decision, settlement); finality; legal remedies (appeal, revision, extraordinary: retrial, protection of legality).
• Special proceedings: Conditional, protective, expedited, executive; international aspects.