THE LEGAL NATURE OF SETTLEMENT

Sa？etak The paper describes the legal nature of settlement as a special institute of procedural law. In order to establish the legal nature of settlement, we must first define its concept and characteristics, whereby the latter encompass the fact that a settlement brings an end to the proceedings, that it produces the effects of a final and enforceable court ruling, and that continued litigation of the same matter is not possible. We have to differentiate between a settlement and an out-of-court settlement as an institute of civil substantive law. Although the rules of procedural law do contain certain provisions on settlement, they do not regulate the matter completely, especially in terms of the remedies for challenging such decisions. Therefore, there is a need for envisaging procedural remedies that are similar to the renewal of proceedings. Due to its special legal nature a settlement produces certain procedural effects, due to which it is comparable to a final and enforceable court ruling. A settlement is thus a special and effective legal remedy for dispute resolution