Rethinking the rule of law after communism
By: edited by Adam Czarnota, Martin Krygier, and Wojciech Sadurski.
Contributors: Czarnota, Adam W.; Krygier, Martin.; Sadurski, Wojciech, 1950-
Publisher: Central European University Share Co.
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Budapest, Hungary; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 383
Subjects: Rule of law -- Europe, Central.; Rule of law -- Europe, Eastern.; Constitutional law.; Post-communism.
Description: "This book is concerned to assess, and to draw some of the implications of, the legal developments of these last dozen or so years, specifically as they speak to issues of constitutionalism, dealing with the past, and the rule of law."--Introduction.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Transitional constitutionalism : simplistic and fancy theories / Wojciech Sadurski; title: Democracy by judiciary / Kim Lane Scheppele; title: Rethinking judicial review : shaping the toleration of difference? / Cindy Skach; title: Foxes, hedgehogs, and learning : notes on the past and future dilemmas of postcommunist constitutionalism / Venelin I. Ganev; title: Democratic norm building and constitutional discourse formation : experience from the Constitutional Review Chamber of Estonia / Vello Pettai; title: Between nemesis and justitia : dealing with the past as a constitutional process / Adam Czarnota; title: Transitional justice in Belgium, France, and the Netherlands after World War II : innovations, transgressions, and lessons to be learned / Luc Huyse; title: Transitional justice after the breakdown of the German Democratic Republic / Claus Offe and Ulrike Poppe; title: Models of transition; title: old theories and recent developments / Hubert Rottleuthner and Matthias Mahlmann; title: Restitutive justice, rule of law, and constitutional dilemmas / Grazyna Skapska; title: How far does transitional justice stretch? : judicial review for a dealing with the past in democratic transition / Renata Uitz; title: Rethinking the rule of law after communism / Martin Krygier; title: Transitional rule of law / Ruti Teitel; title: Constitutional symbolism and political (dis)continuity : Legal rationality and its integrative function in postcommunist transformations / Jirí Pribán; title: Corruption, anti-corruption sentiments, and the rule of law / Ivan Krastev; title: Central Europe's second constitutional transition : the EU accession phase; title: Neil Walker.