O punomoćju i punomoćnicima u pojedinim posebnim upravnim postupcima u pozitivnom pravu Republike Srbije

Numerous subjects participate in administrative procedures, including attorneys. In short, an attorney is a willing representative who undertakes legal actions in the procedure in the name and on behalf of the party according to the issued power of attorney as the procedural authorization for its participation. However, the existence of special administrative procedures creates issues, since there are certain exceptions from the general regime stipulated by the Law on General Administrative Procedure. This topic has not been the subject of detailed studies in literature, despite the existence of numerous questions, dilemmas and problems both in terms of attorney and power of attorney too. Moreover, one should consider some characteristics and doubts related to the attorney and power of attorney in certain, specific, special administrative procedures in Serbian positive law, such as administrative procedures associated with the conclusion of marriage, acquisition of industrial property rights, tax and customs administrative procedures, with an inevitable reference to the previous regulations.