CZECH AND SLOVAK 'ACTS ON MERITS' AS A JURISPRUDENTIAL PROBLEM (Ceske a slovenske 'zakony o zasluhach' ako teoretickopravny problem)

• Authors: Smihula Daniel
• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

EN

The article deals with the subject of Czech and Slovak 'Laws on Merits' that declare special merits of some historical personalities in the development of the Czech and Slovak nations. The author takes a critical attitude, because these acts do not fulfil basic criteria required from a legal regulation, because respect and recognition as explicitly subjective feelings cannot be imposed by a legal regulation and because legal regulations ordering to pay tribute to historical personalities are largely opposed to the principle of freedom of conscience, conviction and scientific research. The author proposes to abandon this practice and to use historically proven methods how state power can pay tribute to a personality (solemn declaration, erection of a memorial, etc.).

Keywords

EN

'LAWS ON MERITS'; CZECH REPUBLIC; HISTORY; LEGAL REGULATION; SLOVAKIA

Discipline

• LAW_&_ADMINISTRATION: LAW & ADMINISTRATION

• Publisher: Institute of State and Law of the Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Právny obzor. Teoretický časopis pre otázky štátu a práva (Juridical Review. Theoretical journal for the questions of state and law)
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 94
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 290-309
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Smihula Daniel

• JUDr. et MUDr. Daniel Smihula, PhD., Dr. iur., Stredoeuropska vysoka skola v Skalici, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

11SKAAAA096730