Constitution of the Latvian SSR (1978)

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The Constitution of the Latvian SSR (1978) was the Soviet-era fundamental law that structured the government, legal system, and political order of the Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic under the USSR.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet republic constitution
constitution
fundamental law
basedOn 1977 Constitution of the USSR NERFINISHED
containedChapterOn culture and education
economic system
electoral system
rights, freedoms and duties of citizens
state emblem, flag and capital
state system
country Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic NERFINISHED
declaredLeadingRoleOf Communist Party of Latvia NERFINISHED
Communist Party of the Soviet Union NERFINISHED
definedCitizenship citizenship of the Latvian SSR as part of USSR citizenship
definedEconomicSystem socialist planned economy
definedExecutiveBody Council of Ministers of the Latvian SSR NERFINISHED
definedFormOfGovernment Soviet socialist republic
definedLocalGovernment local Soviets of people’s deputies
definedPropertySystem collective (cooperative) ownership
state ownership of the means of production
definedStateStructure unitary state
definedSupremeBodyOfPower Supreme Soviet of the Latvian SSR NERFINISHED
guaranteedRight freedom of assembly in accordance with the interests of the working people
freedom of association in accordance with the interests of the working people
freedom of conscience
freedom of speech in accordance with the interests of the working people
right to education
right to health protection
right to rest and leisure
right to social security
right to work
historicalContext adopted during the period of Soviet rule in Latvia
ideology Marxism–Leninism
proletarian internationalism
imposedDuty duty to defend the socialist homeland
duty to observe socialist legality
duty to work
jurisdiction Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic NERFINISHED
language Latvian
Russian
legalStatus supreme law of the Latvian SSR
partOf constitutional law of the Latvian SSR
legal system of the Latvian SSR
politicalSystemDefined dictatorship of the proletariat
socialist state
recognizedFormOfProperty personal property of citizens
recognizedRight formal right of the Latvian SSR to secede from the USSR
recognizedUnionMembership membership of the Latvian SSR in the USSR
replaced Constitution of the Latvian SSR (1940) or earlier republican basic laws
subordination subject to the Constitution of the USSR
supersededBy Constitutional laws of the restored Republic of Latvia after 1990–1991 NERFINISHED

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