STRANPUTICE JUGOSLOVENSKE USTAVNOSTI U XX VEKU

Abstract

In the paper, the authors point out that during the entire 20th century in the Serbian and Yugoslav constitutionalism, there was a lot of "wandering" in search of the right solutions. That's why they gave an overview and a brief analysis of all constitutions, starting from 1901 until 1992 and indicated the paths that were taken. The most important part of the work is dedicated to the Constitution of SFRY from 1974. This constitutional act will be recorded in history with a number of its features and the introduction of "original" institutions. All of this, unfortunately, was the result of unrealistic conceptions that did not correspond to the specific needs of the federation at that time. Certainly, a significant remark concerns the very scope of this Constitution, which was one of the longest in the world. The task of the constitution is not to regulate a matter to the end, in great detail, but only to determine the basis of regulation. He should, in other words, lay the foundations of the building, which will be built on them, to ensure a principled and synthetic approach. Laws and other regulations regulate the details and shape the country's legal system. Their task is to elaborate constitutional norms and exhaustively regulate details. The authors also point to the style and language in which this Constitution was written, because it is unclear in many places, full of phrases and incomprehensible to the common man. Constitutional norms must be clear, concise and unambiguous. Also, the paper states that this constitutional act led to the weakening of Serbia and the disintegration of Yugoslavia.