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Ústavněprávní souvislosti místního referenda
Constitutional context of the local referendum

Author(s): Vojtech Bill
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Constitutional Law
Published by: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci
Keywords: Municipal Referendum; Referendum; Constitution; Constitutional Order; Public Initiave; Preparatory Committee; Triggering a Municipal Referendum; Ballot in Municipal Referendum; Fundamental Human Right

Summary/Abstract: The article analyses the comtemporary doctrine concerning the constitutional basis of municipal referendums. It analyses and develops already published opinions and supplements them with an analysis of relevant case law. It answers the questions concern¬ing the existence of a constitutionally guaranted right to trigger a municipal referendum, analyses the constitutional requirements of the vote itself and addresses the procedural capacity of the preparatory committee in the proceeding before the Constitutional Court. The article also provides a perspective of the EU law and the public international law.

  • Issue Year: 18/2023
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 63-91
  • Page Count: 29
  • Language: Czech