Reflexie československého práva v „Demokratoch“ Janka Jesenského
Reflections of Czechoslovak Law in the “Democrats” by Janko Jesenský
Author(s): Martin GregorSubject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939)
Published by: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Nakladatelství Karolinum
Keywords: Czechoslovak Republic (1918–1938); public administration in the First Czechoslovak Republic; politics in the First Czechoslovak Republic; provincial establishment; elections to the National Assembly;
Summary/Abstract: The famous Slovak writer Ján Jesenský published in 1934 and 1938 the two-volume novel “Democrats”, in which he pointed out the problems of Czechoslovak democracy in practice. Besides the ingenious description of the bureaucracy, the detailed depiction of the provincial establishment and its functioning within the Slovak conditions in the years 1927–1938, he also focused on projecting the real life of political parties, political intrigues and manoeuvres. The presented study aims to analyse this work from the point of view of legal history, trying to create a more comprehensive view of the law of the First Republic from the non-legal sources. The focus lies on comparing the legal situation with its literary adaptation. Apart from the analysis of this novel and the life of the author, the article further deals with some selected issues of the provincial establishment and the status of parliamentarianism in the Czechoslovak Republic.
Journal: Právněhistorické studie
- Issue Year: 48/2018
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 57-74
- Page Count: 18
- Language: Slovak
