Review Article
Vol.10, No 1, 2012 pp. 91-100

UDC 347.234(497.11)
EXPROPRIATION IN THE FORMER AND CURRENT LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA
Milica Stojanović
Faculty of Law, University of Niš, Serbia
E-mail: pravni@prafak.ni.ac.rs


In this paper, the author provides a chronological overview of legal texts and judicial practice concerning the institute of expropriation, starting from the first regulations in the 1866 until the present day. Over time, the institute has sustained numerous changes in its legal regulation as well as in the legal and theoretical understanding of its substance, content and prominent features. Considering that expropriation implies a limitation to the right of ownership imposed in the public interest, in different historical periods this institute was adapted to the regime and ideology of the time, which implies that it had a slightly different character and purpose than it has today. The analysis of case law on this matter reinforces the author’s views on the issues concerning the abuse of power, the violation of legal certainty, the violation of basic human rights and constitutional guarantees.
Key words: expropriation, de-expropriation, ownership right, statutory limitations, administrative decision, enforcement, just compensation, public interest

EKSPROPRIJACIJA U RANIJEM I VAŽEĆEM PRAVU REPUBLIKE SRBIJE
Autor u radu hronološki analizira zakonske tekstove i sudsku praksu vezanu za institut eksproprijacije, počevši od prvih propisa iz 1866. godine pa do danas. Došlo se do saznanja da je ovaj institutu tokom vremena pretrpeo mnogobrojne promene kako u zakonskom regulisanju tako i u pravno-teorijskom poimanju suštine, sadržine i obeležja. Može se izvesti zaključak da je ovaj vid ograničenja prava svojine u javnom interesu kroz istoriju imalo nešto drukčiji karakter i cilj prilagođen tadašnjem režimu i ideologiji od onoga koji je nama danas poznat. Analiza sudske prakse samo je učvrstila stavove autora po pitanju zloupotrebe moći, narušavanja pravne sigurnosti, kršenja osnovnih ljudskih prava i ustavnih garancija.
Ključne reči: eksproprijacija, deeksproprijacija, ograničenje prava svojine, rešenje, prinuda, pravična naknada, javni interes.