History, Politics, and the Constitution: Ethnic Conflict and Constitutional Adjudication in Postcommunist Bulgaria

@article{Ganev2004HistoryPA,
  title={History, Politics, and the Constitution: Ethnic Conflict and Constitutional Adjudication in Postcommunist Bulgaria},
  author={V. Ganev},
  journal={Slavic Review},
  year={2004},
  volume={63},
  pages={66 - 89}
}
  • V. Ganev
  • Published 2004
  • Political Science
  • Slavic Review
Infamously, the 1991 Bulgarian Constitution contains a provision banning political parties “formed on an ethnic basis.” In the early 1990s, the neo-communist Bulgarian Socialist Party invoked this provision when it asked the country's Constitutional Court to declare unconstitutional the political party of the beleaguered Turkish minority. In this article, Venelin I. Ganev analyzes the conflicting arguments presented in the course of the constitutional trial that ensued and shows how the… Expand
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