Party Autonomy in Administrative (Judicial) Proceedings

• Author: N. Bocharova
• Position: Lomonosov Moscow State University (Moscow, Russia)
• Pages: 153-163

BRICS LAW JOURNAL Volume III (2016) Issue 2

PaRTY auTonoMY

In aDMInISTRaTIVE (JuDICIaL) PRoCEEDInGS

NATALIYA BOCHAROVA,

Lomonosov Moscow State University (Moscow, Russia)

DOI: 10.21684/2412-2343-2016-3-2-153-163

In 2015 in Russian Federation the new Administrative Procedure Code was adopted. The

Code uses the legal terms of action proceedings (administrative claim, administrative

counterclaim, administrative plainti and defendant etc.) and determines “dispositive”

rights of parties of administrative proceedings.

The author’s intention is to analyze the scope of applying of the principle of par ty

autonomy in administrative (judicial) proceedings. The article contains the comparative

analysis of the principle in civil and administrative proceedings.

Key words: administrative proceedings; civil procedure; party autonomy; dispositive

principle.

Recommended citation: Nataliya Bocharova, Party Autonomy in Administrative

(Judicial) Proceedings, 3(2) BRICS Law Journal 153–163 (2016).

Abbreviations

AdmPC – The Administrative Procedure Code of the Russian Federation

CivPC – The Civil Procedure Code of the Russian Federation

ComPC – The Commercial Procedure Code of the Russian Federation

In 2015 the new Administrative Procedure Code of the Russian Federation1 was

adopted. Courts of general jurisdic tion are now rendering justice guided by three

codes: Civil Procedure Code2, Criminal Procedure Code and AdmPC. AdmPC came

1 The Administrative Procedure Code of the Russian Federation, hereinafter – AdmPC.

2 The Civil Procedure Code of the Russian Federation, hereinafter – CivPC.