390 KB50 KB200720232008Kambič, Markoštevilka:4letnik:6str. 459-488ISSN:1581-5374COBISSID:9576017URN:URN:NBN:SI:doc-304NKNKLenslInštitut za lokalno samoupravo in javna naročilaLex localisavtonomijahabsburška monarhijaLjubljanalokalna samoupravalokalna upravamestamestni statutiobčinepravna zgodovinaSlovenijaSelf-government and autonomy of statutory municipalities in the light of historical sources for the "provincial capital of Ljubljana"| Samouprava in avtonomija statutarnih občin v luči virov za "deželno stolno mesto Ljubljano"|Today, a municipality is automatically considered as a basic local self-governing (and autonomous) community. Nevertheless, we need to keep in mind that the contemporary understanding of the municipality and its regulations are the fruit of the long development that - in Central Europe - began over 150 years ago as the foundations for modern regulations were laid. This paper briefly illustrates the draft and legalbases for the modern concept of municipal administration. It focuseson the legal position of the most important statutory municipalities in the Habsburg Monarchy at which it uses the town of Ljubljana as an example. The paper also deals with the important issue of the relationship between the institutions of self-government and autonomy. Based on the analysis of the historical legal sources, it shows that local autonomy should not be equated, as is often the case, with the concept of local self-government. It further maintains that the old Austrian municipalities were at least formally autonomous and that their autonomy was limited in the interest of the state. On the basis of archive sources for Ljubljana, it ascertains that the municipality was autonomous only as far as it could choose the moment and mode of regulating certain municipal affairs and as far as it could take into account local specifics in adopting the norms, which proved to be quite sufficient under the given circumstances. Namely, the municipal autonomy was one of the factors that significantly contributed to the rise in the standard of living for the inhabitants of Ljubljana at the end of the 19th century. Last but not least, it also contributed to the victory in the struggle for the Slovenian national rightsObčino danes samoumevno štejemo za temeljno lokalno samoupravno (in avtonomno) skupnost. Ob tem pa se moramo zavedati, da sta sodobno pojmovanje občine in njena regulativa plod daljšega razvoja, ki se je začel pred več kot poldrugim stoletjem, ko so bili postavljeni temelji današnje ureditve. Članek kratko prikazuje idejne in pravne podlage modernega koncepta občinske uprave. Osredotoča se na položaj najpomembnejših, statutarnih občin v habsburški monarhiji, pri čemer mu kot primer služi mesto Ljubljana. Ob tem se dotakne pomembnega vprašanja odnosa med institutoma samouprave in avtonomije ter na podlagi analize historičnih pravnih podlag pokaže, da lokalne avtonomije ne smemo, kot se pogosto dogaja, enačiti s pojmom lokalne samouprave. Dalje trdi, da so bile staroavstrijske občine vsaj formalno avtonomne, njihova avtonomija pa je bila omejena v interesu države. Na temelju arhivskih virov za Ljubljano ugotavlja, da je bila občina avtonomna v glavnem samo toliko, kolikor je lahko sama izbirala trenutek in način urejanja določenih občinskih zadev in kolikor je lahko pri sprejemanju norm upoštevala krajevno specifiko, kar pa je v danih okoliščinah zadostovalo. Občinska avtonomija je bila namreč eden od faktorjev, ki so pomembno pripomogli k dvigu življenjske ravni prebivalcev Ljubljane ob koncu 19. stoletja in ne nazadnje tudi k zmagi v boju za slovenske narodne praviceTEXTznanstveno časopisjejournalsSlovenian National E-content AggregatorNational and University Library of SloveniaInštitut za lokalno samoupravo in javna naročila