Original scientific paper
Summary: The significance and circumstances of the adoption of the Constitution of the Republic of Croatia
Duška Šarin
; Constitutional Court of the Republic of Croatia, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The significance of the adoption of a new constitution for the rule of law as such including, then, the Republic of Croatia is dealt with in this paper in general. The constitutional factors that have led to the commencement of the work on the new Croatian Constitution in 1990 are discussed on a principal basis as well as the starting points and principles for drawing up the Constitution. The creation and significance of the First Proposal of a Draft of the Constitution – the Constitution of Krk – are analyzed since it was exactly that document that was to serve as the basis for drawing up the later proposals of a Draft of the Constitution as well as the final text of the “Christmas Constitution”. The significance and basic values of the “Christmas Constitution” are discussed specially and, as a conclusion, an assessment of it is given from the perspective of the present-day Croatian legal and political moment.
Keywords
adoption of new constitution; starting points and principles for the creation of constitution; first Proposal of a Draft of the Constitution; "Constitution of Krk"; "Christmas Constitution"
Hrčak ID:
284510
URI
Publication date:
5.5.2017.
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