ABSTRACT

This book is among the first books to consider post-communist Europe from the point of view of the rule of law. This book collects articles written by specialists on the rule of law in particular countries. Interdisciplinary in approach, this book reveals the multi-layered complexity of the development of the rule of law after communism.

part I|87 pages

The Rule of Law

part II|88 pages

Constitutionalism

chapter 6|18 pages

The Paradigm of Constitutionalism

The Hungarian Experience

chapter 7|27 pages

Paradigm Lost?

The Constitutional Process in Poland and the Hope of a "Grass Roots Constitutionalism"

part III|65 pages

Dealing with the Past

part IV|68 pages

Crime

chapter 12|47 pages

Is Revolution a Solution?

State Crime in Communist and Post-Communist Poland (1980-1995)

part V|18 pages

The International Dimension