The Birth of Law from the Zeitgeist : A Long Legislative Journey to the Statutory Order No. 72/1948 Coll. On the Foundation and Organisation of the "Czechoslovak State Film"
Abstract
The article deals with the legislative works on the Presidential Decree no. 50/1945 Coll. On Measures in the Area of Film, which constituted the state film monopoly in Czechoslovakia, and mainly with the following legislative works in the years 1945-1948, that aimed at creating a law dealing with the organisation of the state film enterprise and which culminated with the adoption of the Statutory Order no. 72/1948 Coll.
On Foundation and Organisation of the "Czechoslovak State Film", State Enterprise. The article shows that a leading role in this legislative process was played by the Ministry of Information which was dominated by the Czechoslovak Communist Party, and that the reasons why it took so long to adopt an implementing legislation to the Presidential Decree no. 50/1945 Coll. were both a struggle for power in the nationalized film industry as well as pursuit for the most professional solution of the brand new legal situation.