Establishing of the parliament during the process of declaring independence of Czechoslovakia and Poland: Two different ways with the same goal
2018
Abstract
This article compares the way, how the first parliaments were established in newly declared Czechoslovakia and Poland in 1918. The Czechoslovakian political representation decided for indirect way of establishing the parliament, which was even entitled to adopt the final constitution for the new state.
On the other Polish politicians decided to establish the first parliament through the general elections. Both ways were different from the point of view of legitimacy.