Beiträge zur Rechtsgeschichte Österreichs 12. Jahrgang Heft 2/2022, pp. 181-194, 2022/11/04
Czechoslovakia was one of the states which replaced Austria‐Hungary after World War One. The article compares the legal protection of an Austrian emperor against insults with the protection of a Czechoslovak president’s honour. The aim is to investigate the differences as well as a possible influence of the Austrian on the Czechoslovak law. Besides, the article deals with the unsuccessful attempts to change the Austrian penal code in 1874 and 1909. In both drafts of a revised penal code, a fundamental reform of the paragraphs which protected the honour of an emperor was suggested.
Keywords: Austria‐Hungary – Czechoslovakia – lèse‐majesté – insulting a president – penal code