Admissibility of Remedies Filed to the Supreme Court of the Republic of Macedonia in Civil Matters

Abstract

The text provides the genesis of the existing regime for access to the highest judicial body in Macedonia, the particularities of that regime and an assessment on its effects on the judicial system. The authors provide insight into two different modes of revision in Macedonian legal system, namely the ordinary revision and the leave to file a revision, depending on the goals each of these remedies primarily strives to achieve – individual justice in a particular dispute or uniform application of law and harmonisation of the judicial practice. The text also presents the issue of granting a leave to appeal, which has a number of specificities in comparison to its German and Austrian counterparts. Finally, it offers a critical assessment of recent reforms and provides statistical data on the Supreme Court’s caseload in Macedonia.