Redovna ustavna revizija kao iznevereni društveni imperativ u Republici Srbiji

Mikić, Vladimir (2016) Redovna ustavna revizija kao iznevereni društveni imperativ u Republici Srbiji. Pravni život (12). pp. 611-625. ISSN 0350-0500

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Abstract

Each constitution needs, from time to time, to be amended, in order to continue to be applied effectively. However, the Constitution of the Republic of Serbia, which has been in force for 10 years, has not yet gone through such a procedure. The fact that complete constitutional stagnation, in the formal sense of the word, represents a fatal threat to the validity of the constitutional document, is made visible in Serbia by a series of unfulfilled promises about the upcoming revisions of the Constitution, frequently made by constitutional actors and influential political figures. These promises were not always a reaction to academic and public suggestions for improving the Constitution, that were sometimes very modest, aiming at correction of certain dramatic flows contained in its text. Instead, these quasi-official announcements followed a pattern in accordance with which necessary constitutional corrections, demanded under public pressure, are continuously being postponed. Meanwhile, the Constitution’s standing in the eyes of the public continues to decrease because of the fact that its application remains selective, and its text unchanged, even though the need for the constitutional reform has long become more than obvious.

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