Rethinking the Rule of Law after Communism / / ed. by Adam Czarnota, Wojciech Sadurski, Martin Krygier.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Central European University Press eBook-Package 2013-1998
• MitwirkendeR: Czarnota, Adam,; Ganev, Venelin,; Huyse, Luc,; Krastev, Ivan,; Krygier, Martin,; Mahlmann, Matthias,; Offe, Claus,; Pettai, Vello,; Poppe, Ulrike,; Priban, Jiri,; Rottleuthner, Hubert,; Sadurski, Wojciech,; Scheppele, Kim,; Skach, Cindy,; SkĄpska, GraŻyna,; Teitel, Ruti,; Uitz, Renata,; Walker, Neil,
• HerausgeberIn: Czarnota, Adam,; Krygier, Martin,; Sadurski, Wojciech,
• Place / Publishing House: Budapest ;, New York : : Central European University Press, , [2005]; ©2005
• Year of Publication: 2005
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (392 p.)

In the original euphoria that attended the virtually simultaneous demise of so many dictatorships in the late 1980s and early 90s, there was a widespread belief that problems of 'transition' basically involved shedding a known past, and replacing it with an also-known future. This volume surveys and contributes to the prolific debates that occurred in the years between the collapse of communism and the enlargement of the European Union regarding the issues of constitutionalism, dealing with the past, and the rule of law in the post-communist world. Eminent scholars explore the issue of transitional justice, highlighting the distinct roles of legal and constitutional bodies in the post-transition period. The introduction seeks to frame the work as an intervention in the discussion of communism and transition-two stable and separate points-while emphasizing the instability of the post-transition moment.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Introduction -- Contributors -- Part One · Constitutionalism -- Transitional Constitutionalism: Simplistic and Fancy Theories -- Democracy by Judiciary. Or, why Courts Can be More Democratic than Parliaments -- Rethinking Judicial Review: Shaping the Toleration of Difference? -- Foxes, Hedgehogs, and Learning: Notes on the Past and Future Dilemmas of Postcommunist Constitutionalism -- Democratic Norm Building and Constitutional Discourse Formation in Estonia -- Part Two · Dealing with the Past -- Between Nemesis and Justitia: Dealing with the Past as a Constitutional Process -- Transitional Justice in Belgium, France, and the Netherlands After World War II: Innovations, Transgressions, and Lessons to Be Learned -- Transitional Justice After the Breakdown of the German Democratic Republic -- Models of Transition—Old Theories and Recent Developments -- Restitutive Justice, Rule of Law, and Constitutional Dilemmas -- Constitutional Courts and the Past in Democratic Transition -- Part Three · Rule of Law -- Rethinking the Rule of Law After Communism -- Transitional Rule of Law -- Constitutional Symbolism and Political (Dis)continuity: Legal Rationality and Its Integrative Function in Postcommunist Transformations -- Corruption, Anti-Corruption Sentiments, and the Rule of Law -- Central Europe’s Second Constitutional Transition: The EU Accession Phase -- List of Contributors -- Index