Direct democracy in asymmetrical federal organization of Bosnia and Herzegovina Cover Image

Neposredna demokracija u asimetričnom federalnom uređenju u Bosni i Hercegovini?
Direct democracy in asymmetrical federal organization of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Author(s): Maja Sahadžić
Subject(s): Electoral systems, Politics and law
Published by: Институт за међународну политику и привреду
Keywords: direct democracy; referendum; state level; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Belgium; Switzerland; Germany; Austria

Summary/Abstract: From the positive legal standpoint, the evaluation of direct democracy application at the national level in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BaH) is quite puzzling. This is because the legal basis for the referendum decision-making at the state level has not been determined in positive regulations. Also, for several reasons, this issue performs as a bitter substance within forced and barely shaped constitutional system of BaH. Eo ipso, along different understandings of the issue, the analysis of this topic is discrete and influenced by the legal inventiveness that flirts with the political patronage of different bases. In this regard, this paper focuses on an objective legal analysis of the possibilities for the referendum decision-making at the state level in BaH.

  • Issue Year: 67/2016
  • Issue No: 1163
  • Page Range: 73-85
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Serbian
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