Publication details
Známý i neznámý první československý zákon
| Title in English | The First Czechoslovak Law - Known and Unknown |
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| Year of publication | 2017 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Právno-historické trendy a výhľady II. |
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| Citation | |
| Field | Law sciences |
| Keywords | the Law No. 11/1918 Coll.; Czechoslovakia; Rašín; Pantůček |
| Description | The text deals with some aspects of preparation and adoption of the first Czechoslovak law in 1918, later published as the Law No. 11/1918 Coll., on formation of the independent Czechoslovak state. The author refers to several contradictions in the testimonies made by the participants of the adopting process which took place in the bodies of the National Committee of Czechoslovakia. Due to these contradictions, the exact time of adoption of the act can only by estimated. The article also focuses on the question to what extent was the Rašín´s text influenced by the prior draft law written by Ferdinand Pantůček and commonly referred to as ´the Political Act´. The author states that the ´Political Act´ is mainly reflected in the Preamble and the first article of Law No. 11/1918 Coll. and that, more importantly, A Rašín wrote at least two versions of the act: the first one was written at Rašín´s place during the night from the 27th to 28th of October – directly on the copy of the ´Political Act´ prepared by Pantůček, while the second – commonly known – version of the text (with the signature “the men of the October 28th”) was prepared in the residency of the National Committee during the late afternoon or early evening of the 28th of October. |