Book Description

This book contains more than 360 documents relevant to the international legal position of the Yugoslav territories in the 19th century, the creation of Yugoslavia as a common state of the Serbs, Croats & Slovenes, 1918, its constitutional development, & the process of dissolution of Yugoslavia & the creation of the new states of Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Macedonia & the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. It includes documents from the beginning of the 19th century showing the international legal position of the Yugoslav territories under the Austro-Hungarian & Ottoman Empires, the independence of Serbia & Montenegro, recognized by the Treaty of Berlin, 1878, & the major events in the history of the creation of Yugoslavia as a joint state of the Serbs, Croats & Slovenes, in 1918, concerning both its international position & its constitutional organization. The process of the dissolution of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (covering the period from 1990 to September 1, 1993) is presented through reproduced documents of international organizations (United Nations, European Community, Western European Union, Organization of Islamic Conference, etc.), of the different conferences & forums (CSCE, Group of Seven, etc.) & documents issued by Yugoslav organs & the organs of new states of the former Yugoslavia. The book also includes documents of a constitutional nature concerning the creation of the new states of Slovenia, Croatia, Macedonia & the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. It provides researchers in the field of international law, political science of history with documentary information involving international legal & constitutional aspects relating to Yugoslavia.