The text of the first law of Czechoslovakia, establishing it as an independent state, was written by Alois Rašín, and his co-signatories were František Soukup, Antonín Švehla, Jiří Stříbrný and Vavro Šrobár. It was issued on 28 October 1918.
English-language translations of Zákon o zřízení samostatného státu československého include:
