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Proceduralna ili atomarna suverenost? (Post scriptum uz tradicionalnu raspravu)
Procedual or Atomic Sovereignty (Post scriptum with a traditional discussion)

Author(s): Žarko Puhovski
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Constitutional Law
Published by: Fakultet političkih znanosti u Zagrebu
Keywords: sovereignty; legal system; constitution; institutions;

Summary/Abstract: The problem with sovereignty is that it is marked by traditional paradoxes: namely, it represents a stance which presumes an institutional solution, and simultaneously empowers all institutions of a given community (and thus it is above them). Sovereignty has the form of a legal instance, but it is also the prerequisite of an entire (positive) legal system of a community; it manifests itself always as a political problem, but nowhere is its solution purely political; and finally, sovereignty is considered a fundamental national categorical (constitutional) basis for existence of a nation, but simultaneously it is always considered, affirmed, and, to some degree, determined in the international context.

  • Issue Year: XXX/1993
  • Issue No: 04
  • Page Range: 156-164
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Croatian