The Struggle for Constitutional Justice in Post-Communist Europe (Constitutionalism in Eastern Europe)
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: March 15, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780226741963
Subjects: Constitutional & administrative law; Courts & procedure; Social Science; History - General History; Sociology; Central Europe; Eastern Europe; Eastern Europe - General; Political Science / General; General
First sentence: When the Soviet Bloc collapsed a decade ago, most of the victorious political forces in the former Communist states of Central and Eastern Europe rushed to transform their countries into liberal constitutional democracies; in some countries-for example, Poland, Hungary, and Bulgaria-even elements of the Communist Party joined in.