The 1848 Revolution: The Dawn of the Czech Constitutionalism
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.47079/2024.ev.fundspring.3" target="_blank" >10.47079/2024.ev.fundspring.3</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The 1848 Revolution: The Dawn of the Czech Constitutionalism
Original language description
The Czech constitutional development can be divided into several relatively separate phases: pre-modern (until 1848), monarchist (1848 to 1918), republican (1918 to 1938), totalitarian (1938 to 1989), transformational (1989 to 1992) and contemporary (since 1992). The present paper intends to deal firstly with the question of pre-modern constitutionalism and the key documents of this period, i.e. the Land Ordi nances, Landfrýds, the Czech Confederation and, finally, the General Civil Code, which, given the date of its creation, also contained constitutional material. Each document of the pre-modern era will indicate why they are not yet modern constitutions as understood by recent constitutional law theory. The developments after 1848, triggered by the revolutionary events in many parts of the monarchy, will be discussed in detail. Not only will the constitutional results (individual constitutions and their negations) be analysed, but also the projection of these constitutions into other contexts in which the achievements of the 1848 revolution were fully manifested. The key one from the Czech perspective was the Kroměříž (Kremsier) Draft, which did not come to fruition due to the monarch’s decision to impose another legislative act. Still, the content of this draft foreshadowed future modern constitutional developments, where the draft included a catalogue of fundamental rights containing very progressive rights and freedoms. However, the only tangible consequence of the Kroměříž parliament was the abolition of serfdom. It should be remembered that until 1918 the Czech lands were part of Austria, and the Austrian arrangement influenced the modern conception of the people as the source of power, laid the foundations of modern Czech political life and, in effect, the contemporary form of the Czech judiciary.
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Classification
Type
C - Chapter in a specialist book
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50501 - Law
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju
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Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Book/collection name
Fundamental Legal Transformations As A Consequence Of The Springtime Of Nations (1848)
ISBN
9786156356482
Number of pages of the result
21
Pages from-to
69-89
Number of pages of the book
282
Publisher name
Ferenc Mádl Institute of Comparative Law
Place of publication
Budapest
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