Constitutional determination of the electoral system and the countries of former Yugoslavia
Constitutional determination of the electoral system and the countries of former Yugoslavia
Author(s): Miroslav ĐorđevićSubject(s): Constitutional Law, Electoral systems
Published by: Institut za uporedno pravo
Keywords: electoral system; constitution; proportional system; countries of former Yugoslavia; constitutional determination; constitutional law
Summary/Abstract: The author analyses the constitutional determination of the electoral system, its different manifestations and consequences, hence questions if they should find their place within materia constitutionis. Comparative constitutional examples show both theoretical and practical flaws of such determination, as both explicit and implicit prediction has more drawbacks than advantages. After explanation and differentiation of related key-concepts with comparative examples, the author focuses on former Yugoslav countries that display a variety of possible solutions. Inter alia, he finds that the Serbian constitution implicitly determines the proportional electoral system and advocates future revision of the norms in question, since the present solution can be considered as the least favourable.
Journal: Strani pravni život
- Issue Year: 2017
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 181-197
- Page Count: 17
- Language: English