Socially Responsible State Business and Agricultural Land Restitution Procedure

Cico, Snežana and Rajnović, Ljiljana (2024) Socially Responsible State Business and Agricultural Land Restitution Procedure. In: IV international scientific conference "Sustainable agriculture and rural development". Institute of Agricultural Economics, Belgrade, pp. 97-106. ISBN 978-86-6269-134-7

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Abstract

In this paper, the authors analyze the conditions and procedure for returning confiscated agricultural land to the previous owners, that is, their heirs, and the state’s attitude towards the said procedure. The obligation to return the land represents a kind of correction of the injustice that was done to the previous owners, and in this connection a just compensation of the owner of the restitution. However, based on the analysis of cases and publicly available information, the authors determined that it cannot be said that the state is consistent in respecting the principle of justice, when considering the amount of state land in local self-government units that are eligible for return in the restitution procedure and quantity intended for return. Considering the obligation of socially responsible behavior in all, including in this procedure, all business entities, and especially the state, which should be an example of respecting the rules of social responsibility and morality, the authors came to the conclusion that the state must show much more conscientiousness and fairness in return procedures confiscated property.

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