Reflexe komunitárního práva v ústavách středoevropských států
Reflection of communitarian law in constitutions

Summary/Abstract: The enlargement of the European Union by 10 new Member States in 2004 was not only a historic step in the process of the integration on the European continent, but also the turning point in the constitutional systems of the states of Central Europe. One of the essential steps of the democratization of the states of Eastern Europe was the constitutional delimitation of the relationship between a national legal system and the international law. In creation of new constitutions none of the states of Central and Eastern Europe took account of the future integration on the European Union, respective the European Communities, and therefore the respective constitutions did not contain specific provision relating to the European Communities. The second period of building of the democratic states is a great wave of amendments to the respective constitutions caused by the accession of the countries of Central Europe to the European Union. The approach of these countries varied a lot, certain states stipulated the integration to the EU and the relationship to the legal system of this supranational entity explicitly in their constitutions (e.g. the Slovak Republic), some states avoided the notion of the European Union or the European law (e.g. the Czech Republic).

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