1940 Constitution of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic

Constitution of Soviet Latvia Constitution of the Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic 1978 Constitution of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic Constitution of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic 1940 Constitution of the Latvian SSR.jpg lv Latvijas Padomju Sociālistiskās Republikas Konstitūcija Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic 23 July 1940 25 August 1940 30 August 1940Supreme Soviet of the Latvian SSR 1940 7 18 April 1978 People's Saeima of Latvia 2 signatories (Chairman of the Provisional Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Latvian SSR, Secretary of the Provisional Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Latvian SSR)Supreme Soviet of the Latvian SSR 1940 7 The 1940 Constitution of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic (lv Latvijas Padomju Sociālistiskās Republikas Konstitūcija; ru Конституция Латвийской Советской Социалистической Республики Konstitutsiya Latviyskoy Sovetskoy Sotsialisticheskoy Respubliki) was the communist state constitution adopted by the 2nd session of the People's Saeima of Latvia on mdy. The constitution was based on the 1936 Constitution of the Soviet Union.Valters 2001 189 The basic provisions of both constitutions were basically same, except the second chapter of the constitution, on which Latvia retains its pre-Soviet territorial division. History Two days after the formation of the Latvian SSR on 21 July 1940, which was formalized by the Decree of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR "On the Entry of the Latvian SSR into the Soviet Union" on 5 August 1940,Lipantov Savenikov 1957 815 the People's Saeima of Latvia formed a commission for the constitution of the Latvian SSR, which consisted of 15 deputies headed by Žanis Spure lv.Grava-Kreituse 1995 547–553 The commission formulates the constitution by translating the 1936 Constitution of the Soviet Union and made several changes to the translated version that account the specific situation of Latvia. The final constitution symbolizes "the tremendous upsurge of the masses who overthrew the exploiting classes".Traynin 1940 19 The constitution itself was approved by acclamation in the 2nd session of the People's Saeima of Latvia on mdy. The constitution was first published on the News of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Latvian SSR (Latvijas PSR Augstākās Padomes Prezidija Ziņotājs) on 3 October 1940. The constitution was amended in the sessions of the Supreme Soviet of the Latvian SSR.Supreme Soviet of the USSR 1951 295 The constitution lasted for 38 years, which was replaced by the new Brezhnevist Constitution on April 18, 1978, at the extraordinary eighth session of the Supreme Soviet of the Latvian SSR. Structure The Constitution is divided into 11 chapters and 118 articles.Supreme Soviet of the USSR 1951 296–320 The Organization of Society The Organization of the State The Highest Organs of State Authority of the Latvian SSR The Organs of Government of the Latvian SSR The Organs of the Local Governments The Budget of the Latvian SSR The Courts and the Procurator's Office Fundamental Rights and Duties of Citizens The Electoral System Arms, Flag, Capital Procedure for Amending the Constitution References Citations Bibliography Grava-Kreituse Ilga 1995 Latvijas okupācija un aneksija 1939-1940. Dokumenti un materiāli Latvian occuation and annexation 1939-1940. Documents and materials Latvian Riga Preses nams 978-998-4908-50-2 Valters Pēteris 2001 Valsts un tiesību vēsture jēdzienos un terminos History of state and law in concepts and terms Latvian Riga Divergens 978-998-4929-61-3 Supreme Soviet of the USSR 1951 Конституция (Основной Закон) СССР; Конституции (Основные Законы) Союзных Советских Социалистических Республик Constitution (Basic Law) of the USSR; Constitution (Basic Law) of the Socialist Soviet Republics Russian Moscow State Publishing House of Legal Literature Traynin Ilya Pavlovich 1940 Конституции новых союзных республик Constitutions of the New Union Republics Russian Moscow Lipantov A.A. Savenikov N.T. 1957 История Советской Конституции (в документах). 1917 – 1956 History of the Soviet Constitution (in documents). 1917 - 1956 Russian Moscow Gozyurizdat Supreme Soviet of the Latvian SSR 3 October 1940 Latvijas Padomju Sociālistiskās Republikas Konstitūcija (Pamatlikums) Constitution of the Latvian SSR Latvian 29 Latvijas PSR Augstākās Padomes Prezidija Ziņotājs Riga Category:Latvian constitutional law Latvia Category:Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic Category:1940 in Latvia Category:1940 in law Category:1940 documents