APPLICATION OF THE PRINCIPLE OF LEGITIMATE EXPECTATIONS IN THE PRACTICE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA

U radu se iznosi sadržaj pojma načela legitimnih očekivanja i njegova primjena u pravnim situacijama koje nisu dovršene. Razmatra se mogućnost primjene tog načela u situacijama u kojima se kasnijom pojedinačnom mjerom javne vlasti (utemeljenoj na zakonu) utječe na prava pravnih subjekata iz pravnog odnosa koji je dovršen. U odnosu na ocjenu dopuštenosti primjene kasnijeg propisa, odnosno kasnije mjere javne vlasti razmatra se pojam «razumnosti» očekivanja pravnog subjekta. Ukazuje se na nužnost usporedbe privatnog i javnog interesa (pravne sigurnosti naspram načela zakonitosti i poduzimanja određenih mjera u javnom interesu) u svakom pojedinačnom slučaju.The author in the article presents a content of the notion of legitimate expectations principle and its application in uncompleted legal situations. Moreover, she discusses the application of this principle in cases in which public body influences the rights of private parties who entered in a legal relationship by individual measure (based on law) adopting it after the relationship is completed. Having in mind the lawfulness of application of subsequent regulation, i.e. of subsequent measure of the public body, the author analyses the notion of “reasonableness” of expectations of a legal subject. Moreover, she emphasizes the need to compare a private and public interest (legal security versus principle of legality and adaptation of certain measures in public interest) in every individual case