Źródła finlandzkiego prawa konstytucyjnego 1919-2000
SOURCES OF FINNISH CONSTITUTIONAL LAW1919–2000

Summary/Abstract: For 100 years of Finland’s independence, its constitutional system was characterized by sustainability, and all changes took the form of an evolution rather than a revolution. Its stability is also evidenced by the fact that the first legal acts constituting the basis for the functioning of the system were in force for over 80 years of “the first constitutional period”. Adopted in the interwar period (1919–1928), they survived the Second World War as well as the significant political changes in the post-war period. A new, uniform basic law came into force in 2000. However, in a sense, it was a synthesis of the evolution of the state system as its adoption did not have the character of a breakthrough, but it rather gave order to all the amendments that had been adopted previously. Even the most far-reaching changes, such as the strengthening of parliamentarism by shifting the centre of gravity of power from the president by weakening his position in favour of the parliament, were widely expected and accepted. Thus, the “second constitutional period” in the history of the Finnish system began.

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