1st Edition
The Rule of Law in Central Europe The Reconstruction of Legality, Constitutionalism and Civil Society in the Post-Communist Countries
1. Central European in Transition: An Introduction. Jiří Přibáň and James Young. Part 1. The Czech Republic. 2. Constitutionalism in the Czech Republic. Dušan Hendrych. 3. Legitimacy and Legality after the Velvet Revolution. Jiří Přibáň. 4. Lustration and Decommunisation. Mark Gillis. 5. The Protection of Human Rights in the Czech Republic. Vladimír Sládeček. Part 2. Slovakia. 6. Does the Rule of Law (Rechtsstaat) Exist in Slovakia? Miroslav Kusý. 7. The National Elite and the Democratic Deficit in Slovakia. Soňa Szomolányi. Part 3. Hungary. 8. (Re)Building the Rule of Law in Hungary: Jewish and Gypsy Perspectives. Istvan Pogany. 9. Socialist Welfare Schemes and Constitutional Adjudication in Hungary. Andras Sajo. Part 4. Poland. 10. The Rule of Law in Poland. Jacek Kurczewski. 11. Between "Civil Society" and "Europe": Post-Classical Constitutionalism after the Collapse of Communism in a Socio-Legal Perspective. Grażyna Skapska. 12. Women’s Rights and the Rule of Law in Poland. Malgorzata Fuszara. 13. The Judiciary’s Struggle towards the Rule of Law in Poland. Agata Fijalkowski. Part 5. Russia. 14. Politics versus the Rule of Law in the Work of the Russian Constitutional Court. Bill Bowring.
Biography
Jiří Přibáň, Faculty of Law, Charles University, Prague and Cardiff Law School, University of Wales, Cardiff. James Young, Cardiff Law School, University of Wales, Cardiff.
’...offers most valuable information for those interested in the East-Central European region.’ International Business Lawyer ’...a welcome addition...the book should be most useful for graduate political science courses in comparative judicial processes and would be good for similar law school courses.’ Law and Politics Book Review
