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PATTERNS OF DECISION MAKING IN YUGOSLAVIA ARE EXAMINED WITH A VIEW TO ASSESSING THE LIKELIHOOD OF CONTINUED POLITICAL STABILITY FOR THE NATION 'POST-TITO'. A SYSTEM BASED ON INTERREGIONAL CONSULTATION, COMPROMISE, AND CONSENSUS HAS BEEN QUITE SUCCESSFUL IN THE MULTI-ETHNIC NATION. A NEW MECHANISM, ADVOCATED BY TITO, IS ASSESSED AND CRITIQUED WHICH WOULD INCREASE OFFICEHOLDING ROTATION.

EACH OF THE SIX YUGOSLAV REPUBLICS HAS ITS OWN WRITTEN CONSTITUTION, AS DO THE TWO PROVINCES IN THE SERBIAN REPUBLIC. BUT IN THE COMMUNIST POLITY, THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC AND PROVINCIAL CONSTITUTIONS ARE FREQUENTLY CHANGED TO REFLECT REGIME CHANGES AND ARE ALWAYS CHANGED IN TANDEM TO MAINTAIN CONSTITUTIONAL HARMONY AND SYMMETRY. THE ARTICLE EXAMINES THE CHANGES, THE PROCESS OF CHANGE, AND THE PRINCIPLES BEHIND YUGOSLAV CONSTITUTIONALISM, SHOWING HOW THEY REFLECT THE EBB AND FLOW OF CHANGES IN THE RULING PARTY, THE LEAGUE OF COMMUNISTS.