#13

This user hasn't shared any biographical information

Homepage: http://mmister.com/


Posts by #13

New Amendments to the Constitution: Lessons from Switzerland

American scholars, lawyers and ordinary citizens often think that their constitution is the best one in the world. Although I agree that it is a great legal document, I admit to not having read all constitutions in the world and therefore I cannot make this judgment call.

But I can definitely say this: beyond any reasonable doubt, the Constitution of the United States is much better than that of my own country, the Czech Republic which is a quickly drafted and quickly adopted piece, child of its own age short after the Velvet Revolution and even shorter before the amicable divorce with Slovakia — therefore quite understandably full of unclear passages and propositions prone to cause political crises.

However, not far — both geographically and culturally — from the Czech Republic lies Switzerland, a well-developed decentralized democracy with a lot of history. Its constitution of 1848 was inspired by the American one, perhaps now the time has come that America learns a lesson from the Swiss. More >