Publication details
První československý zákon. Pokus o opožděný komentář.
| Title in English | The First Czechoslovak Law. Belated attempt to comment. |
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| Year of publication | 2018 |
| Type | Monograph |
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| Description | The work is a reminder of those events connected with the upcoming centenary of Czechoslovakia which were significant in the context of legal history. The Act No. 11/1918 Coll., on the Establishment of an Independent Czechoslovak State (hereinafter referred to as “the First Act“), represents the starting point and the background of the text – as the most important document that legal historiography associates the beginnings of Czechoslovakia with. A form similar to classic commentary, in which it is necessary to search for the motivation and consequences of individual provisions, gives the author the opportunity to refer to the economic aspects of the formation of the new state as well as the aspects of both domestic and foreign policy. At the same time it makes it possible to see the provisions of the first Czechoslovak law not only in relation to the previous events and their expected impacts, but also with the knowledge of the real consequences their implementation has brought. Thanks to this, the text provides the image of the establishment of the Czechoslovak state in the context of the events that preceded it and with the awareness of the future consequences that the events of the end of October 1918 and of the following months have had. In principle, the author's comments end with the adoption of a non provisional constitution and with the stabilization of the state border guaranteed by international law. In the history of the interwar Czechoslovak Republic, these events undoubtedly represent a crucial milestone, because in a way they ended the constitution of a new state. It does not mean, however, that its establishment and stabilization were accomplished. The look at the very beginnings of the Czechoslovak state has indicated why many of the ambitions of the Czechoslovak interwar politicians failed to realize in the following years. In spite of many unfinished tasks, difficulties in harmonizing the systems of both parts of the new republic, huge social problems, especially in the first half of the 1930s, and the complicated integration of national minorities, Czechoslovakia obviously moved in the right direction – especially compared to the development in the neighboring states. re made by Czechs requiring on |