Constitution-making in Central and Eastern Europe
Constitution-making in Central and Eastern Europe

Summary/Abstract: This article seeks to provide a brief overview of changes in Central and East European constitutions, to discuss the main reasons for modifications that were enacted, and to draw conclusions regarding the Hungarian process of writing and amending its constitution. Thus the article briefly reviews the main stages in the writing of the constitutions of Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria and Ukraine, and then proceeds to describe the development of the Hungarian Constitution and the reasons for drafting new constitutions. The conclusion discusses common elements and tendencies.

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