A CONSTITUTION WITHOUT A STATE

Autor izlaže teoriju ustava P. Häberlea u pet cjelina: 1. Pojam ustava; 2. Ustav kao javni proces; 3. Ustav kao kultura; 4. “Peta” metoda tumačenja; 5. Kritičke primjedbe. Ovom razdiobom autor obuhvaća, ako ne sva, a ono barem bitna obilježja Häberleove koncepcije ustava. Prema mišljenju autora, Häberle je, nakon Savignyja, razradio jedno novo načelo tumačenja ustava, a to je kulturno načelo. U razdoblju kraja ere nacionalnih država i procesu intenzivne međunarodne kooperacije ovo načelo ustava, osim klasičnih metoda tumačenja ustava, zauzima sve značajnije mjesto. Autor se na kraju osvrće na polemike što ih je izazvala Häberleova teorija ustava.The author outlines Häberle’s theory of constitution in five parts: 1. The concept of the constitution; 2. The constitution as a public process; 3. The constitution as culture 4. The “fifth” method of interpretation; 5. Critical objections. With this division the author covers, if not all, then at least the essential features of Häberle’s concept of the constitution. In the author’s opinion, Häberle, after Savigny, worked out a new principle for interpreting the constitution - the cultural principle. At the time of the decline of nation-states and the era of intensive international concurrence of constitutions, this principle - apart from the classic methods of the interpretation of constitutions - has been gaining importance. And finally, the author looks into the controversies triggered off by Häberle’s theory of constitutions