Czecho/Slovakia : ethnic conflict, constitutional fissure, negotiated breakup /

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Eric Stein, a well-known scholar of international and comparative law and a native of Czechoslovakia, was invited by the Czechoslovak government as a member of an international group to assist in the drafting of a new constitution. This book is based on his experiences during years of work on these...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stein, Eric
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©1997.
Temas:
Geschichte 1945-1992.
Constitutional history > Czechoslovakia.
Federal government > Czechoslovakia > History.
Nationalism > Czechoslovakia > History.
Constitutional history > Czech Republic.
Constitutional history > Slovakia.
Histoire constitutionnelle > Tchécoslovaquie.
Nationalisme > Tchécoslovaquie > Histoire.
Histoire constitutionnelle > République tchèque.
Histoire constitutionnelle > Slovaquie.
Constitutional history
Ethnic relations
Federal government
Nationalism
Verfassung
Auflösung
Nationalitätenfrage
Delingen (politieke geografie)
Gouvernement fédéral > Tchécoslovaquie > Histoire.
Czechoslovakia > Ethnic relations.
Czech Republic
Czechoslovakia
Slovakia
Tschechoslowakei
Tchécoslovaquie > Relations interethniques.
République tchèque > Histoire constitutionnelle.
Slovaquie > Histoire constitutionnelle.
Tchécoslovaquie > Histoire constitutionnelle.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgments
  • Preface
  • Abbreviations
  • A Framework
  • 1. The Questions
  • 2. Some Thoughts on Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict
  • 3. Sources of Ethnic Conflict
  • 4. On Negotiation for a Constitution: General Criteria
  • Prologue
  • I. The Setting
  • 1. Constitution Makers and Foreign Advisors
  • 2. A Lesson in Self-Knowledge
  • 3. On Asymmetric Federationâ€?and Beyond
  • 4. A Parenthesis: On a Good Gestalt
  • II. The Asymmetry of the Czech and Slovak State
  • 1. Environmental Conditions: Geography, Demography, Ethnicity, Economy2. Social Conditions: History, Religion, Culture
  • 3. An Interlude: A Contempt Theory
  • 4. Political Conditions
  • III. The Threshold Issues
  • 1. The Scope and Flexibility of Constitutions
  • 2. On Modifying Constitutions
  • 3. On Supremacy of Federal Law
  • 4. The Constitution as a Symbol
  • 5. On Secession and Referendum
  • 6. The Constitution and Society
  • 7. What Federation?
  • 8. The Arena
  • First Act
  • IV. The Negotiations for Devolution (1990)
  • 1. The Hyphen War: A Revelation (Januaryâ??April 1990)2. Negotiating a Power-Sharing Law (Aprilâ??December 1990)
  • 3. The New Power-Sharing Law (December 1990)
  • V. The June 1990 Elections and the Changing Scene
  • 1. The Elections
  • 2. Political Differentiation in Context
  • 3. An Afterthought: More on the Heroes
  • 4. An Interlude: The Federal Assembly, a Success Story?
  • Second Act
  • VI. Negotiations on a Treaty (Winterâ??Spring 1991)
  • 1. The Proposal for a State Treaty, a Bombshell? (February 1991)
  • 2. Comments by the International Group3. The President's Legislative Initiative (March 1991)
  • 4. From Castles to Manors: Presidential Talks (Winterâ??Spring 1991)
  • 5. A Side Issue: Moravia-Silesia
  • 6. An Interlude: Bratislava and Prague in Spring 1991
  • VII. Slouching toward Bethlehem (Summerâ??Fall 1991)
  • 1. The Darkening Sky
  • 2. The Referendum Law Adopted
  • 3. The Republic Legislatures Take Over: New Bottlesâ€?Old Wine (Septemberâ??November 1991)
  • VIII. The President's Call to Arms (Fall 1991â??Winter 1992)
  • 1. An Appeal to Citizens
  • 2. The Five Legislative Proposals3. The Politicians Respond
  • 4. The Federal Assembly Response
  • 5. Some Thoughts and Afterthoughts
  • 6. Coda: Behind the Budget Imbroglio
  • IX. Back to the Republics' Legislatures: The Last Hurrah (February 1992)
  • 1. Prelude to Milovy
  • 2. In Snowbound Milovy: An Agreement in Sight?
  • 3. The Milovy Text in the Presidia
  • 4. The Three Heads in the Federal Assembly: The Dead End
  • X. Onward to the Elections (Spring 1992)
  • 1. The Campaign
  • 2. The June 1992 Elections: The Center Cannot Hold

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