Abstract
The article is devoted to the content and historical context of the December Constitution, a set of constitutional acts passeed in 1867. The author desribes the events preceding the enactment and the constitution itself, consisting of seven acts.
The article then examines the individual acts and notices their most important sections. The first act listed dealt with organization of the legislative and executive branch of power in the state.
Author notes the December Constitution vested more power in the Monarch than the previous Constitution did. The second act concerned with civil rights and established a list of freedoms comparable to other constitutions created in the 19th century.
The next part of the article, however, points out that not all of these rights were actually abided by the authorities, which is the reason why other two acts, forming the constitution, were passed. In the concluding part of the article, the author mentions the change of the Austrian-Hungarian society throughout the 19th century and outlines the events and circumstances under which the December Constitution was repealed.