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The Functions of Communist Constitutions: An Analysis of Recent Constitutional Developments

The Functions of Communist Constitutions: An Analysis of Recent Constitutional Developments 121 ARTICLES The Functions of Communist Constitutions: An Analysis of Recent Constitutional Developments Georg Brunner * 1. Taking Stock 1.l . Eastern Europe Since the beginning of the 1960s, lively activities of constitution-making have started all over the communist worlds Generally, they have been characterized by a growing differentiation according to national particularities as the binding force of the Soviet model, the Stalin Constitution of 1936, began withering away. In this article, it is my intent to analyze recent constitutional developments in communist countries under two aspects: first-after a short stock-taking-the characteristic features of recent ' communist constitution-making will be set forth; secondly, the question will then be investigated as to what functions communist constitutions really perform. In Eastern Europe the making of new constitutions has by and large come to an end. In detail, according to the chronological sequence of the presently valid constitutions, the situation is as follows: Czechoslovakia: 2 The constitutional situation is difficult to survey. Though Czechoslovakia was the first country within the sphere of Soviet hegemony to adopt a "modern" constitution on 11 July 1960 (Sbirka Zdkon4 No. 100/1960), thus replacing the Stalinist Constitution of 1948, only a few parts of the Constitution http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Review of Socialist Law (in 1992 continued as Review of Central and East European Law) Brill

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Publisher
Brill
Copyright
© 1977 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0165-0300
eISSN
1875-2985
DOI
10.1163/157303577X00110
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121 ARTICLES The Functions of Communist Constitutions: An Analysis of Recent Constitutional Developments Georg Brunner * 1. Taking Stock 1.l . Eastern Europe Since the beginning of the 1960s, lively activities of constitution-making have started all over the communist worlds Generally, they have been characterized by a growing differentiation according to national particularities as the binding force of the Soviet model, the Stalin Constitution of 1936, began withering away. In this article, it is my intent to analyze recent constitutional developments in communist countries under two aspects: first-after a short stock-taking-the characteristic features of recent ' communist constitution-making will be set forth; secondly, the question will then be investigated as to what functions communist constitutions really perform. In Eastern Europe the making of new constitutions has by and large come to an end. In detail, according to the chronological sequence of the presently valid constitutions, the situation is as follows: Czechoslovakia: 2 The constitutional situation is difficult to survey. Though Czechoslovakia was the first country within the sphere of Soviet hegemony to adopt a "modern" constitution on 11 July 1960 (Sbirka Zdkon4 No. 100/1960), thus replacing the Stalinist Constitution of 1948, only a few parts of the Constitution

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Review of Socialist Law (in 1992 continued as Review of Central and East European Law)Brill

Published: Jan 1, 1977

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