Beiträge zur Rechtsgeschichte Österreichs 2 / 2018, pp. 441-451, 2018/11/28
Normsetzung im Notstand
Außerordentliche Gesetzgebungsbefugnisse im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert
This study of the Hungarian Kingdom in the Pre-World War I period aims to analyse two of its special phenomena and institutions, namely its parliamentary-constitutional crisis and the legal framework of the extraordinary state of war. Furthermore, the study attempts to explain the regulations contained in the Act nr. LXIII (1912) regarding measures to avert danger in times of war. Also, obstruction as a crisis phenomenon of the era discussed, and a related symbolic event, the so-called “handkerchief votum” (“zsebkendöszavazás”), will be interpreted as symptoms of an unleashed constitutional crisis (1904– 1906), including a description of the course of events as well as the political circumstances.
Keywords: Austro-Hungarian Monarchy – constitutional crisis – obstruction – parliamentary procedure – political defence – state of emergency