Lay Participation in the Law-Making on the Example of Czechoslovak Codification during the Legal Biennial

KABÁT, Jan. Lay Participation in the Law-Making on the Example of Czechoslovak Codification during the Legal Biennial. In 2nd International Legal History Meeting of PhD Students. 2024.

Basic information

Original name

Lay Participation in the Law-Making on the Example of Czechoslovak Codification during the Legal Biennial

Authors

KABÁT, Jan (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

2nd International Legal History Meeting of PhD Students, 2024

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Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Prezentace na konferencích

Field of Study

50501 Law

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Organization unit

Faculty of Law

Keywords in English

Laypeople; Laypersons; Legislative Process; Legal Biennial; People's Democracy; Czechoslovakia

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Abstract

V originále

This contribution examines the involvement of laypersons in the legislative process in Czechoslovakia during the Legal Biennial, which was the recodification process after the 1948 Czechoslovak coup d'état to implement the new people’s democratic law. The contribution focuses on how laypeople, particularly workers and members of mass organizations, were integrated into the drafting of new laws under the newly established communist regime. It explores the ideological motives behind this inclusion, aimed at reflecting the class-based nature of socialist law, while also highlighting the practical challenges faced during the codification process. Despite these challenges, the involvement of laypeople led to many benefits with direct impacts on the legislative level of the recodified laws, that contribution also identifies.