Ustavna reforma i bosanskohercegovačko rukovodstvo koncem 1960-ih i početkom 1970-ih godina
Constitutional Reform and Leadership in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Late 1960s and Early 1970s

Summary/Abstract: The author in this paper analyses the position and tangible activities of leadership of Bosnia and Herzegovina during the multiyear constitutional debate, changes of the federal and republican Constitution in the late 1960s and early 1970s, which will result in the adoption of new constitutions in 1974. In the first part of the paper, for the purpose of better understanding the historical context, the author has specified the main points of the developmental path of Yugoslav federalism after 1946 by emphasising the dynamics of its modification. Referring to the basic provisions of the Republican Constitution of 1946, 1963 and 1974, the author points out that the key issue was actually the harmonisation of what was de jure with the actual situation. In addition, intense activity by the Bosnia and Herzegovina political elite, at least by the dominant faction, was aimed at political, social, economic and cultural integration of the Republic. At the same time, they understood and interpreted the constitutional debate as a historical turning point and a historical opportunity to confirm the identity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, strengthen sovereignty and statehood of the Republic and its position within the Federation.

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