DRŽAVNOPRAVNO UREĐENJE AUSTRO-UGARSKE I BOSNA I HERCEGOVINA
STATE LEGAL REGULATION OF AUSTRO-HUNGARY AND BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Summary/Abstract: The specific legal nature of the state union of Austria and Hungary was not governed by a common constitution but by the agreement of the two entities, the Austro-Hungarian Settlement, which was adopted by both parts of the Monarchy in their respective representative bodies. Concerns about the constitutional structure of the Monarchy stemmed largely from a different interpretation of the Austro-Hungarian settlement and the nature of the state union created by it. The text of the Settlement adopted in Hungary differed from the German text, which gave rise to a different interpretation of the nature of the Austro-Hungarian state. With the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina to this specific state structure, first under the mandate of the administration and later annexation, this complex constitutional situation inevitably conditioned the specific position of Bosnia and Herzegovina. For the Austro-Hungarian authorities, the particularly difficult and unpleasant questions were who should govern Bosnia and Herzegovina and how, as well as how it would be financed. In this article, the author analyzes the nature of the dualistic structure of the Monarchy and its impact on the final position of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Austria-Hungary.

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