The origins and provisional nature of Iceland's 1944 constitution

The article looks at the origins of the 1944 constitution of Iceland, when the country declared its full independence from Denmark. It focuses on the years of the Second World War and places special emphasis on the constraints which members of parliament imposed on themselves in changing the constit...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Guðni Th. Jóhannesson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Iceland 2011-06-01
Series:Stjórnmál og Stjórnsýsla
Online Access:http://www.irpa.is/article/view/1116