Achievements and Future Goals of the Government of Serbia in the Field of Religious Freedom

Rakitic, Dusan, Brigham Young University Law Review

I. INTRODUCTION

The Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, established in 1918, soon became the scene of major disputes. After World War II, Josip Broz Tito's strict authoritarian leadership dominated the political climate of Yugoslavia.1 During the 1980s, however, failing communist systems and other political forces began to cause significant ideological shifts in Central and Eastern Europe. By the time the Berlin Wall crumbled in 1989, the communist regime in Serbia faced strong demands from democratic opposition parties to hold multi-party elections.2 As a result, Serbia held multi-party elections in December 1990 in which Slobodan Milosevic won the presidential election …

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Publication information: Article title: Achievements and Future Goals of the Government of Serbia in the Field of Religious Freedom. Contributors: Rakitic, Dusan - Author. Journal title: Brigham Young University Law Review. Volume: 2003. Issue: 2 Publication date: January 1, 2003. Page number: 625. © Brigham Young University, Reuben Clark Law School 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. All Rights Reserved.

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