Naslov
The Two Professors: A Parallel Journey in Search of Meaning of Constitutions

Autori
Smerdel, Branko

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Poglavlja u knjigama, znanstveni

Knjiga
Izzivi ustavnega prava v 21. stoletju - Liber Amicorum Ciril Ribičič

Urednik/ci
Žgur, M. ; Kogovšek Šalamon, N. ; Koritnik, B.

Izdavač
Inštitut za lokalno Samoupravo in javna naročila Maribor

Grad
Maribor

Godina
2017

Raspon stranica
17-20

ISBN
978-961- 6842-77- 8

Ključne riječi
meaning of constitutions, federalism

Sažetak
The author views the origins of his and Professor Ribičič's initial and irreparable choices of constitutional law as a life research program of a constant relevance. First, because he still believes that knowledge is the necessary condition to put the governments into the service of the communities. Second, that constitutional law differs from all other branches of law and can be of great utility in using the power to the advantage of a decent society. To that purpose, the constitutions might be taken as the strategic plans, and for the know-how in terms of dealing with such plans, there firmly holds the saying ars longa, vita brevis. A model of true democratic transition does not exist nor have been created during the last two and a half decades. It seems that the final conclusion by Vincent Ostrom, that the Humankind was at the closing of the 20th Century “not closer to a scientific approach to constitutional design than Alexis de Tocqueville in his books at the beginning of the previous Century” offers much better diagnosis.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Pravo

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