LOCAL REFERENDUM (SELECTED PROBLEMS) (Miestne referendum (vybrane problemy))

• Authors: Krunkova Alena
• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

EN

Local referendum (as a form of direct democracy) is a good complement to the implementation of power in the form of representative democracy. The authoress analyses legislation of the local referendum in the Slovak Republic. She characterizes the possible forms of the local referenda (mandatory and optional), defines entities authorized to initiate a local referendum and to vote in local referendums. She uses the addition law of the Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic. Based on practical experience in implementing a local referendum in the Slovak Republic the authoress highlights the shortcomings of the legislation and be given suggestions for improving the status quo.

Keywords

EN

LOCAL REFERENDUM; MANDATORY FORM; OPTIONAL FORM; REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY; 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: 2010
• Volume: 93
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 471-482
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Krunkova Alena,

• JUDr. Alena Krunkova, PhD., Univerzita Pavla Jozefa Safarika v Kosiciach, Fakulta verejnej spravy, Katedra verejnopravnych disciplin, Popradska 66, 041 32 Kosice, Slovak Republic

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

11SKAAAA09674