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Volební právo ČR z hlediska zkušeností voleb do Poslanenecké sněmovny
Electoral law of the Czech Republic from the point of view of the experience of elections to the Chamber of Deputies

Author(s): Jan Filip
Subject(s): Constitutional Law, Political Sciences, Public Law, Electoral systems, History and theory of political science, Comparative Law
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: parliamentary elections;election law;criminal law;legal protection;

Summary/Abstract: The article sums up practical experience from parliamentary elections and problems with the application of the new election law. First the author explains 16 main features of the electoral system. Then he weighs up the work of the proportional representation in the Czech conditions and focuses on various legal impefections relating to the principles of universal, equal, secret and direct suffrage. The most important problems were caused by the institution of election bails, treshold and the second scrutiny. Concerning the organizaton, the author describes the system of the election boards and some problems they had to face in their work. Last the author points aut that regardin to criminal law the legal protection of parliamentary elections was not sufficient.

  • Issue Year: 4/1996
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 499-511
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Czech
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