REPUBLICAN AND PROVINCIAL CONSTITUTION MAKING IN YUGOSLAV POLITICS

In: Publius: the journal of federalism, Band 12, Heft 1, S. 131-153

Abstract

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.