The Institution of Trial in Absentia in View of the Procedural Economy Principle

Abstract

Trial in absentia is a civil proceeding providing a specific procedure for cases in the absence of the defendant. For almost 25 years trials in absentia have been considered a means of speeding up the consideration of a case both in Russian legal practice and in the scientific community. The analysis of the problems arising in the practice of civil procedure law is carried out in this article. It relates to the operating principle of procedural economy in case of trials in absentia.