Luc HEUSCHLING

From the perspective of foreign observers familiar with republican systems, European monarchies may appear as a strange, yet deliciously old-fashioned subject-matter. A totally different world, made up of pomp, legal intricacies…

Wilfried MARXER

The Principality of Liechtenstein celebrates the centenary of its constitution in 2021. In 1921, this marked the transition from the constitutional monarchy of 1862 to a monarchically-democratically mixed constitution of 1921. Major achievements…

Georges BAUR

Liechtenstein is a small-sized country (and has a very small inhabitable area of rural character [Decision of the EEA Council No 1 /95 of 10 March 1995, Declaration on free movement of persons]). As such, it is highly dependent on its relations with its neighbours and beyond…

Peter BUßJÄGER

The Constitution of the Principality of Liechtenstein (Landesverfassung = LV) of 1921 is primarily a further development of the Constitution of 1862, specifically in the context of parliamentary powers and fundamental rights. Its concept of constitutional review…

In comparative constitutional scholarship, there is little discussion of the constitutional arrangements of micro states—as if there were a sort of deterministic relationship between their diminutive size and the interest they generate…

Hilmar HOCH

Dr. Hilmar Hoch, President of the Constitutional Court of Liechtenstein, inaugurates our new mini-symposium on the Centenary of the Constitution of Liechtenstein with this video address.

Anna GAMPER

Amongst the older constitutions of the world that are still in force, one constitution has received little international attention to date, even though it celebrates its hundredth birthday today. This is the Constitution of the tiny Principality of Liechtenstein, which was ratified on 5 October 1921 and published in the Liechtenstein Law Gazette…