A Modern View on Persons Involved in a Case in the Works of M.S. Shakaryan

Abstract

The paper examines the main scientific works by Maria Sumbatovna Shakaryan, devoted to the problem of subjects in civil procedural law. The evolution of the author’s views on the definition of the concept of «persons involved in a case» is characterized, the criteria for their delimitation, as well as unifying features are determined. Based on an analysis of numerous works by M.S. Shakaryan, it is argued that the author distinguished between the concepts of «subject of civil procedural law» and «subject of civil procedural legal relations,» which was an essential aspect in determining the persons involved in a case. The paper gives particular attention to the polemics of Maria Sumbatovna Shakaryan with other lawyers on the subjects of procedural legal relations and the way substantive legal relations influence them. The paper emphasizes the role of Maria Sumbatovna Shakaryan in the development of civil procedural legislation in the USSR and the Union republics, and notes different approaches to determining the persons involved in a case in the Civil Procedure Code of the Union republics.