Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xxiii, 386 pages)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. [S.l.] HathiTrust Digital Library Electronic reproduction
ISBN:
0472086286
,
0472021877
,
0472108042
,
9780472086283
,
9780472021871
,
9780472108046
Content:
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 negotiations, as well as close to one hundred interviews with political figures, journalists, and academics and extensive research in the primary documents. It is a fascinating story told from a unique perspective in an engaging and readable style. It will appeal to historians, lawyers, and social scientists interested in the process of transformation in Eastern Europe and the study of ethnic conflict, as well as the general reader interested in modern European history
Content:
""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 Federation�and Beyond""; ""4. A Parenthesis: On a Good ""Gestalt""""; ""II. The Asymmetry of the Czech and Slovak State
Content:
""1. Environmental Conditions: Geography, Demography, Ethnicity, Economy""""2. 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)
Content:
""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)
Content:
""2. Comments by the International Group""""3. 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
Content:
""2. The Five Legislative Proposals""""3. 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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-377) and index
,
Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL
,
Electronic reproduction
,
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0472108042
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780472108046
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Stein, Eric Czecho/Slovakia Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©1997
Language:
English
URL:
Volltext
(lizenzpflichtig)
Author information:
Stein, Eric 1913-2011
Bookmarklink
