COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE ON THE PUBLIC LAW REGULATION OF THE PRINCIPALITY OF BULGARIA AND EASTERN RUMELIA (1879–1885)
COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE ON THE PUBLIC LAW REGULATION OF THE PRINCIPALITY OF BULGARIA AND EASTERN RUMELIA (1879–1885)

Summary/Abstract: This article presents a comparative legal analysis of the public law systems of the Principality of Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia (1879–1885). The study focuses on the institutional differences between the two formations, established under the Treaty of Berlin (1878), and their role in the development of modern Bulgarian statehood. The Tarnovo Constitution (1879) introduced a constitutional hereditary monarchy with parliamentary and legal guarantees, whereas the Organic Statute of Eastern Rumelia (1879) created a limited administrative autonomy under the sovereignty of the Sultan and the supervision of the Great Powers. The comparative analysis covers the head of state and the executive, representative institutions, the judiciary, and the catalogue of fundamental rights. The conclusion highlights the institutional legacy of the Unification of 1885 and demonstrates why the Bulgarian constitutional tradition consolidated around the model of a parliamentary constitutional monarchy.

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