BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA AS A STATE UNION SUI GENERIS – A TEMPORARY SOLUTION OR A MODEL FOR THE FUTURE Cover Image

БОСНА И ХЕРЦЕГОВИНА КАО ДРЖАВНА ЗАЈЕДНИЦА SUI GENERIS – ПРИВРЕМЕНО РЕШЕЊЕ ИЛИ МОДЕЛ ЗА БУДУЋНОСТ
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA AS A STATE UNION SUI GENERIS – A TEMPORARY SOLUTION OR A MODEL FOR THE FUTURE

Author(s): Mile Dmičić
Subject(s): Constitutional Law, Government/Political systems
Published by: Правни факултет Универзитета у Београду
Keywords: Cantons; District; Constitutional changes; Dayton Peace Agreement; Integration process; National interest;

Summary/Abstract: The author calls attention to the growing need of reaching a common understanding of legal nature of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and on the appropriate forms of state polity and governance. The author believes in possibility of such a shared understanding, along with the full internal consensus and respect for the European legal tradition. It should be built on the grounds of respect for the basic principles of international and domestic law, and it should lead to definition and establishment of a complex state of Bosnia and Herzegovina – a confederation or federation sui generis, which, by all means, should not represent an obstacle to the European integration processes. A constitutional order based on the Dayton Peace Agreement should be preserved, in accordance with the principle of pacta sunt servanda.

  • Issue Year: 58/2010
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 211-228
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Serbian