The Serbian Constitution as a Constitution of a Total Pluralistic Party State Cover Image

Ustav Srbije kao ustav totalne pluralističke partijske države
The Serbian Constitution as a Constitution of a Total Pluralistic Party State

Author(s): Aleksandar Molnar
Subject(s): Constitutional Law, Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Civil Society, Recent History (1900 till today), Government/Political systems
Published by: Филозофски факултет, Универзитет у Београду
Keywords: Karl Schmitt; politics; constitution; ethics; totalitarianism; political parties; Serbia;

Summary/Abstract: In the first section of the paper Carl Schmitt’s concept of a total pluralistic state (totale pluralistische Parteistaat) is reconstructed from various writings of his published in the 1930s. The three principal pillars of a total pluralistic party state are considered: constitutional ethics (based on political myth), party pluralism and the totalitarian aspirations of political parties towards their members and clients in the sphere of civil society. In the second section of the paper all three pillars are identified in the Serbian Constitution of 8 November 2006.

  • Issue Year: 4/2009
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 213-224
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Serbian