U ovom radu se kao osnovna teza istiĉe da su prambule ustava postjugoslovenskih drţava u procesu tranzicije i kasnijih tansformacija kroz nove ustavne promene, osobito isticale nov politiĉki i etniĉki identitet ovih drţava. Svaka postjugoslovenska zemlja, u procesu raspada Jugoslavije i svog konstituisanja, istovremeno je vršila rekonstrukciju svog politiĉkog i nacionalnog identiteta. To se naroĉito izrazilo u preambulama njihovih ustava, pri ĉemu su Slovenija, Hrvatska i Makedonija odmah konstituisane na etniĉkom principu, kao suverene nacionalne drţave, a Srbija i Crna Gora to su uĉinile kasnije, nakon raspada njihove zajedniĉke drţave SR Jugoslavije, a potom Drţavne Zajednice Srbija i Crna Gora. Jedino je Bosna i Hercegovina, po osnovu Dejtonskog sporazuma, konstituisana na graĊanskom principu. TakoĊe, u preambulama ustava svih postjugoslovenskih drţava izraţen je i nov politiĉki identitet, koji je zasnovan na platformi neoliberalne koncepcije ureĊenja društva. To se naroĉito vidi u isticanju vladavine prava, socijalne pravde, liberalne demokratije i graĊanskog društva, ljudskih i manjinskih prava, otvorene trţišne privrede, slobode kretanja roba i kapitala, podele vlasti i td. U razvoju postjugoslovenskih drţava, dugom skoro tri decenije, moglo bi se reći da njihovi ustavi odgovaraju principima modernog politiĉkog sistema, što je izraţeno najpre u preambulama njihovih ustava.
The main thesis of this paper is that the preambles to the constitutions of post-Yugoslav states in the process of transition and subsequent transformation through new constitutional changes particularly emphasized the new political and ethnic identities of these states. In the process of the breakdown of Yugoslavia and its own constitution, all post-Yugoslav countries simultaneously reconstructed their political and national identities. This was especially reflected in the preambles to their respective constitutions, with Slovenia, Croatia, and Macedonia being immediately constituted on an ethnic basis, as sovereign nation states, while Serbia and Montenegro did so later, after the breakup of their common state, first the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and then the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro. Only Bosnia and Herzegovina was constituted on the civic principle, on the basis of the Dayton Agreement. In the preambles to the constitutions of all post-Yugoslav states, a new political identity was also expressed, based on a platform of a neoliberal conception of society. This is especially evident in the emphasis on the rule of law, social justice, liberal democracy, and civil society, human and minority rights, an open market economy, free movement of goods and capital, the division of government, etc. In the development of post-Yugoslav states, which has lasted almost three decades, one might say that their constitutions are in line with the principles of the modern political system, as expressed in the preambles to their constitutions.
