Review article
CONSTITUTIONAL-POLITOLOGICAL BASICS ON THE INSTITUTION OF THE HEAD OF STATE
Samir Vrabec
Leo Akšamović
; student at the Faculty of Law in Osijek
Abstract
The paper deals with an analysis and review of the basics on the institution of the head of state in constitutional legal science and politology. It gives a brief review of historical development of this institution, deems legal theoretical correlation in determining the ruling form in certain states and the nature of the head of state position, as well as the relationship between the head of state and government models and a contemporary position of a monarch. Having recognized all issues and disadvantages of comparing and generalizing, the authors convey a summary of tasks that are mainly but not everywhere cumulative, related to the function of the head of state regardless of government model and ruling form in a national community. Functions and authorities in various countries belong to the heads of state to different extent and are implemented differently. However, the authors make a conclusion that political conditions and psychological features of a person embodying the head of state need to be taken into consideration.
Keywords
head of state; monarch; president of republic; individual (executive; monocratic) head of state; collegial (collective) head of state; counter-signature; promulgation; reserved powers; pardon
Hrčak ID:
134240
URI
Publication date:
30.12.2014.
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