Financial sovereignty of autonomous territories in 20th century Central and Eastern Europe

Authors

  • Patryk Kowalski University of Lodz
  • Monika Bogucka-Felczak University of Lodz

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17811/hc.v0i23.747

Keywords:

autonomous territory, territorial autonomy, financial sovereignty, Silesian Voivodeship, Slovakia, Carpathian Ruthenia, financial autonomy, Zakarpattia, Czechoslovakia, Second Polish Republic

Abstract

This article presents the results of comparative legal research concerning the scope of financial sovereignty granted to the autonomous territories of the 20th century Central and Eastern Europe (Silesian Voivodeship, Slovakia and Carpathian Ruthenia) by the Second Polish Republic (1918-1939), the First Czechoslovak Republic (1918-1938) and the Second Czecho-Slovak Republic (1938-1939). Research material includes: constitutional and public financial legal acts of the aforementioned countries for years 1918-1939, as well as English, Polish, Czech, Slovak and Ukrainian scientific publications in the field of legal, historical and economic sciences pertaining to this matter. The main research result is that the scope of financial power granted to the Silesian Voivodeship by the Second Polish Republic was much wider than in the other two autonomous territories. Moreover, Slovakia and Carpathian Ruthenia can be described as apparent autonomies. In fact they were “quasi self-government units”.

Fecha de envío / Submission date: 28/04/2021
Fecha de aceptación / Acceptance date: 18/06/2021

Author Biographies

Patryk Kowalski, University of Lodz

Patryk Kowalski – Doctor of Law, Assistant professor in the Department of Financial Law at the Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Lodz.

Monika Bogucka-Felczak, University of Lodz

Monika Bogucka-Felczak ­– Doctor of Law, Associate professor in the Department of Financial Law at the Faculty of Law and Administration, University of Lodz; Head of the Department of Financial Law and Dean at the Faculty of Law and Administration University of Lodz.

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Published

2022-09-14

Issue

No. 23 (2022): Historia Constitucional N. 23 (2022)

Section

Europe

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