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AUC IURIDICA, Vol 45 No 1 (1999), 95–101
Ústavy Československa a Polska po první světové válce (podobnosti a rozdíly ve způsobu rozhodování a základní výstavbě systému)
[Constitutions of Czechoslovakia and Poland After the First World War (Similarities in Decision-Making and in Basic Construction of Systems)]
Krzysztof Skotnicki
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14712/23366478.2025.282
published online: 31. 03. 2020
abstract
The paper by Dr. Krzystof Skotnicky of University of Lódż is called “Constitutions of Czechoslovakia and Poland after the First World War (similarities in decision-making and in basic construction of systems)”. The main principles of both constitutions are, according to the author: sovereignty of the people, a republican form of state, representative democracy, division to three powers, two chambers parliament, franchise with identical main features (it is general, equal, direct and secret), system of government accountable to parliament, independence of judges, local governments and a wide set of civil rights and liberties. On the other hand, the elementary differences are envisaged as the admissibility of referendum in the Czechoslovak constitution in case of conflict between government and parliament, wider scale of provisions for local governments in Polish constitution, as well as economic, religious and national matters. The Czechoslovak constitution is laic, which is shown by the fact that it does not refer to God neither in Preamble, nor in the oath of the deputies and senators, and equality of all religions is provided for. The Polish constitution on the other hand provides for obligatory religious education at state schools and schools of self-governing units. Roman-Catholic religion takes the most prominent place among equal religions. However, similarities of constitutional principles do not reflect precisely in solutions of specific problems. Here the differences become apparently wider. Other differences can be observed on the level of practical implementation of principles.
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