The role of Professor of Tomsk State University V.N. Shcheglov in the development of the theory of civil procedure law
I dedicate the article to Professor of the Department of Civil Law and Process of the Faculty of Law of Tomsk State University, Doctor of Law, Honored The article highlights the role of the Professor of the Department of Civil Law and Procedure of Tomsk State University Viktor Nifonovich Shcheglov in the development of the theory and method of teaching civil procedural law. I can separate the main directions of V.N. Shcheglov’s research activities: the legality and validity of a court decision, civil procedural legal relationship, the problem of a “broad” understanding of civil procedure and the subject of civil procedural law, a lawsuit and a claim form of legal protection. We pay particular attention to the formation of a scientific school under the leadership of Professor V.N. Shcheglov, continuity in conducting theoretical research, and introducing its results into the method of teaching civil procedural law. The content of the works of Professor V.N. Shcheglov enables us to conclude that the research interest of the scientist was focused primarily on the analysis of the nature, features and problems of the effectiveness of civil procedure as a special legal form of protection of rights and legally protected interests. Within the framework of this broad problem, it is possible to identify several methodologically significant aspects, which were found in the articles and monographs of V.N. Shcheglov. The first of them is the consideration of civil procedure as a special legal relationship. V.N. Shcheglov devoted several articles to this issue and his monograph “Civil Procedural Legal Relationship” (1966) was awarded the Tomsk State University Prize in 1967. The main idea defended by the author was the assertion that the civil procedure is a social relationship regulated by the norms of civil procedural law. The subject of this relationship is, on the one hand, the jurisdictional body that resolves the civil case, and on the other hand, the parties to a civil trial. The content of this legal relationship is the behavior of its subjects that is clothed in in the form of procedural powers, subjective, procedural rights and obligations. V.N. Shcheglov paid attention to a broad understanding of civil procedure and the subject of civil procedural law; whether civil procedure is only a trial of civil cases or any jurisdictional procedure aimed at protecting civil rights. V.N. Shcheglov and Professor N.B. Zeider concluded that the nature of the procedure is determined not by the body resolving the case, but by the nature (branch affiliation) of legal relations that are the subject of consideration within the framework of a particular procedural form. Therefore, civil procedural law regulates the procedural relations that develop in adjudication of civil cases by various jurisdictional bodies (a broad understanding of the subject of civil procedural law). The author declares no conflicts of interests.