A Century of the Constitution
- Where: Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
- When: March 24, 2020, 19:00 – 21:00
This year we mark a major anniversary for the founding document of modern Czech history. On 29 February 1920, the Czechoslovak National Assembly passed the first full constitution, a fundamental compact between free citizens concerning the functioning of democracy in our country. This constitution codified the basic legal framework of Czech statehood for over a quarter century. Or for even longer? Are its provisions still topical? What key principles were carried over to later Czechoslovak constitutions, and how did it inspire the current one?
These questions and more will be discussed by law historian and dean of Charles University’s Faculty of Law Jan Kuklík, constitutional lawyer Jan Wintr and the director of the Václav Havel Library, Michael Žantovský.
Historian Petr Blažek will moderate.
The debate is held in cooperation between the Václav Havel Library and the newly established Museum of the 20th Century (www.muzeum20stoleti.cz).