Czechoslovak Constitution of 1920

Constitution of the
Czechoslovak Republic
Constitution of the; Czechoslovak Republic
Created	29 February 1920
Ratified	6 March 1920
Date effective	6 March 1920
Repealed	9 May 1948
Author(s)	Revolutionary National Assembly
Signatories	Government Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk; Vlastimil Tusar (ČSSD); František Staněk (RSZML); Fedor Houdek (SNaRS); Edvard Beneš; Václav Klofáč (ČSNS); Kuneš Sonntag (RSZML); Gustav Heidler (ČSNS); Gustav Habrman (ČSSD); Lev Winter (ČSSD); Karel Prášek (RSZML); Emil Franke (ČSNS); František Veselý (ČSNS); Antonín Hampl (ČSSD);
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After World War I, Czechoslovakia established itself and as a republic and democracy with the establishment of the Constitution of 1920. The constitution was adopted by the National Assembly on 29 February 1920 and replaced the provisional constitution adopted on 13 November 1918.^[1]

The constitution, modelled after constitutions of established democracies, was conceived in the light of Hans Kelsen's contribution to constitutional law. The system of government the constitution introduced made Czechoslovakia the most westernized of all of the central and eastern European nations on the verge of World War II.

The constitution created a parliament but also a president and cabinet, sharing powers of executive branch. Beneath them was a judiciary that was advanced with many levels of courts delegated for various types of cases.

^ "The 1920 Constitution - 90th anniversary of the adoption of the first Czechoslovak Constitution". The Office of the Government of the Czech Republic. February 25, 2010. Retrieved 31 March 2012.

[office-1] "The 1920 Constitution - 90th anniversary of the adoption of the first Czechoslovak Constitution". The Office of the Government of the Czech Republic. February 25, 2010. Retrieved 31 March 2012.

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