RE-ELECTIONS OF JUSTICES AND RE-APPOINTMENTS OF PUBLIC PROSECUTORS AND PUBLIC ADVOCATES (IN YUGOSLAVIA)
RE-ELECTIONS OF JUSTICES AND RE-APPOINTMENTS OF PUBLIC PROSECUTORS AND PUBLIC ADVOCATES (IN YUGOSLAVIA)
Author(s): Vlastimir LapčevićSubject(s): History of Law, Constitutional Law, Public Law
Published by: Jugoslovenski Pregled
Keywords: Electoral system; Re-elections; Yugoslavia; Constitution; Public advocates and prosecutors;
Summary/Abstract: The constitutional principle of the re-election and re-appointment of holders of public functions after the expiration of specified terms in office (Article 83 of the Constitution) applies also to the judiciary. When the laws governing the organization of the judiciary were being brought into accord with the new Constitution, it was provided that judges of all courts of general jurisdiction and of all commercial courts should be elected, and public prosecutors and public advocates and their deputies appointed, for a term of eight years, where after they could be re-elected or re-appointed.
Journal: Yugoslav Survey. A Record of Facts and Information
- Issue Year: X/1969
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 15-18
- Page Count: 4
- Language: English