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the foundation of a free state is a free (music) association? continuity and change ...
Picture 1: The last inner page of the Statues of the Philharmonic Society in Laibach/
Ljubljana from 1854 with the signature of Alexander von Bach, granting Society’s
further existence following Statutes’ amendments, after the adoption of the new
Associations’ Act in 1852. Statutes are part of a larger dossier from the Vienna State
Archives. which in addition, contains the originally presented text of the Statutes
to the Ministry of Interior with several officially imposed amendments, very likely
in the hand of Bach himself. AT-OeStA/AVA, Inneres Mdl Allgemein A188.18
Philharmonische-Gesellschaft Laibach, 1854.
To briefly sum up. If an association after the 1867 Act was indeed con-
stituted more freely so that in this sense we can concur with the idea of
it representing a liberal change, the same can hardly be maintained for
the freedom of assembly, inherently necessary for any kind of organisa-
tion’s autonomous legal life. In this regard, the paragraphs 15 and 18 of the
1867 Act are of crucial importance. According to the first, the leadership of
any association was bound to announce its assembly (Vereinsversammlu
ng; društveno zborovanje) to the authorities 24 hours in advance, stating
its place, time and whether it would be held publicly or not. Moreover, the
authorities had the right to send to the Association’s Assembly its delegate
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Picture 1: The last inner page of the Statues of the Philharmonic Society in Laibach/
Ljubljana from 1854 with the signature of Alexander von Bach, granting Society’s
further existence following Statutes’ amendments, after the adoption of the new
Associations’ Act in 1852. Statutes are part of a larger dossier from the Vienna State
Archives. which in addition, contains the originally presented text of the Statutes
to the Ministry of Interior with several officially imposed amendments, very likely
in the hand of Bach himself. AT-OeStA/AVA, Inneres Mdl Allgemein A188.18
Philharmonische-Gesellschaft Laibach, 1854.
To briefly sum up. If an association after the 1867 Act was indeed con-
stituted more freely so that in this sense we can concur with the idea of
it representing a liberal change, the same can hardly be maintained for
the freedom of assembly, inherently necessary for any kind of organisa-
tion’s autonomous legal life. In this regard, the paragraphs 15 and 18 of the
1867 Act are of crucial importance. According to the first, the leadership of
any association was bound to announce its assembly (Vereinsversammlu
ng; društveno zborovanje) to the authorities 24 hours in advance, stating
its place, time and whether it would be held publicly or not. Moreover, the
authorities had the right to send to the Association’s Assembly its delegate
223
