Review article

The Vidovdan Constitution and the Alternative Constitutional Strategies

Igor Ivašković orcid.org/0000-0002-3474-007X ; Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Abstract

The article analyses key points of conflict in the constitutional process of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenians. The author identifies the issue of internal territorial delimitation as the hot spot in the dispute between the most influential political parties, and argues the source of conflict was the fact that different political strategies were attached to the national ideologies which had been formed long before the creation of the state in 1918. Although not entirely unified regarding all constitutional issues, a key Slovenian and a key Croatian political party advocated the preservation of historical boundaries, in line with the federalization strategy based on the national principle. Through various political and legal maneuvers their alternative proposals were completely ignored, with the Vidovdan constitution establishing the unitary regime.

Keywords

constitution; state organization; political strategy; local government; national question

Hrčak ID:

207493

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/207493

Publication date:

28.9.2018.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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