1997 in Poland - Constitution of the Republic of Poland, 1997 Fila Wrestling World Championships, Polish Parliamentary Election, 1997 (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Constitution of the Republic of Poland, 1997 Fila Wrestling World Championships, Polish Parliamentary Election, 1997, Ekstraklasa 1996-97, Ekstraklasa 1997-98. Not illustrated. Excerpt: This article is part of the series:Politics and government ofPoland The current Constitution of Poland was adopted on 2 April 1997. Formally known as the Constitution of the Republic of Poland (Polish: ), it replaced the temporary amendments put into place in 1992 designed to reverse the effects of Communism, establishing the nation as "a democratic state ruled by law and implementing the principles of social justice". It was adopted by the National Assembly of Poland on 2 April 1997, approved by a national referendum on 25 May 1997, and came into effect on 17 October 1997. Poland has had numerous previous constitutional acts during its long history. Historically, the most significant is probably the May Constitution adopted on 3 May 1791, the first modern constitution of Europe and the second in the world, after the United States Constitution. The five years after 1992 were spent in dialogue about the new character of Poland. The nation had changed significantly since 1952 when the Constitution of the People's Republic of Poland was instituted. A new consensus was needed on how to acknowledge the awkward parts of Polish history; the transformation from a single-party system into a multi-party one and from socialism towards a free market economic system; and the rise of pluralism alongside Poland's historically Roman Catholic culture. The attitude toward the past was articulated in the preamble, in which the citizens of Poland established a Republic "Recalling the best traditions of the First and the Second Republic, Obliged to bequeath to future generations... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1673290