Collected Papers of the Faculty of Law in Novi Sad, University in Novi Sad
2021, vol. LV, No. 1, pp. 113–128
language of the paper: Serbian
Original scientific paper
udk: 352:354]:336(497.11)
doi: 10.5937/zrpfns55-31074
Authors:
Slobodan Orlović
University of Novi Sad
Faculty of Law Novi Sad
s.orlovic@pf.uns.ac.rs
Nataša Rajić
University of Novi Sad
Faculty of Law Novi Sad
n.rajic@pf.uns.ac.rs
Abstract:
Financial autonomy is of crucial importance for the political autonomy within the vertical organization of power. Local level of government seems to be in the most vulnerable position, bearing in mind the flexibility of the constitutional framework in this area. The communication between different levels of government is a useful tool in searching for a balance between local needs and needs of public financial sector as a whole. The subject of this paper is the existence of normative and institutional preconditions for intergovernmental dialogue between central and local levels of government in the Republic of Serbia. This question had been put into the wider social and political context which include the constitutional position of local self-government, the type of electoral system on the both levels as well as the degree of constitutional and political culture in our society. The results of research show that there are normative and institutional preconditions for intergovernmental dialogue in the constitutional system of the Republic of Serbia, but, in reality, there is still much space for developing of such kind of cooperation.
Keywords:
local finance, intergovernmental cooperation, European Charter on Local Self-government, constitution.