Ostrozavan Social Contract
| Social Contract for The Peoples of Ostrozava Spoliočenskă Zîmluvă pră Národii Ostrozavii (OSZ) Contract Social pentru Popoarele Ostrozavene (VAL) Gesallschaftsvertrag für die Ostrozavenvölker (ARM) | |
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| Jurisdiction | Prime Republic of Ostrozava |
| Created | 15 March 1909 |
| Presented | 21 March 1909 |
| Ratified | 10 July 1910 |
| Date effective | 10 September 1910 |
| System | Beranist premier-presidential constiutional republic |
| Branches | 3 |
| Chambers | Unicameral |
| Executive | Primar |
| Judiciary | Supreme Subprime Municipal District |
| Federalism | Yes |
| Electoral college | No |
| Entrenchments | Four |
| Amendments | 49 |
| Last amended | 11 March 2021 |
| Location | Karsko, Ostrozava |
| Commissioned by | 1st Worker's Convention |
| Author(s) | Vladan Vitek |
| Signatories | 229 of 341 delegates; 9 of 9 Subprime delegations |
| Media type | Paper |
| Supersedes | 1903 Constitution of Transkarminia |
The Ostrozavan Social Contract, formally the Social Contract for The Peoples of Ostrozava (Common Ostrozavan: Spoliočenskă Zîmluvă pră Národii Ostrozavii), is the supreme organic law and formalized social contract of the Prime Republic of Ostrozava, serving as the nation's constitution and the basis of government and all adjacent social relations.
Drafted in 1908 initially by the Karsko University Drinking Club and later by the 1st Worker's Convention, and primarily written by Vladan Vitek, future 2nd Primar, the final draft of the document was first presented jointly to Emperor Borek I and to the Zhroma on 21 March 1909; the Zhroma's subsequent deadlock in approving the changes alongside the Emperor's veto resulted in the violent Crimson Revolution. After the end of hostilities, and with the Zhroma disbanded and Emperor executed, the 1st Worker's Convention formally ratified the Social Contract on 10 July 1910, with it coming into force one month later. Unlike more traditional forms of organic law, the Social Contract began as a codified set of social rules based on the concept of fundamental rights, before evolving into a legal document after Vitek, a trained lawyer, added additional provisions and outlined what would become the modern-day structure of the Prime Republic. As such, the contract encompasses both rights and restrictions atypical for a republican constitution, and deliberately avoids calling itself a constitution due to the connotations of the word having been associated with Transkarminian law.
The authors of the initial framework that would lead to the Social Contract included Vlastimil Beran, Julius Jahoda, Vladan Vitek, Stan Bača, Loren Kralová, and Paula Timius. The youngest contributor was future Primar Emil Torje. In the core construction of its first legal revision, the document aimed to secure fundamental rights, such as the freedoms of speech and assembly, as well as the freedom from want, broadly encompassing protections for food, shelter, employment, medical care, and education and from unfair competition and state repression. Under the social contract, the Valdavians and Rheigners were granted status as co-nations, which guaranteed protection from forced assimilation and guaranteed language rights, with smaller minorities also having received similar albeit smaller-scale protections.