Law, Populism, and the Political in Central and Eastern Europe

Rafał Mańko is Research Affiliate at the Central European University Democracy Institute, Budapest (Hungary) and Legal Researcher at the European Parliamentary Research Service, Brussels (Belgium). Adam Sulikowski is Full Professor of Legal Theory and Philosophy of Law at the Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics of the University of Wrocław, Poland. Przemysław Tacik is Assistant Professor at the Institute of European Studies of the Jagiellonian University of Kraków, Poland, and Director of the Nomos: Centre for International Research on Law, Culture and Power. Cosmin Cercel is Associate Professor in Law at Lazarski University in Warsaw, Poland.

Introduction: Law, Populism and the Political in Semi-Peripheral Central and Eastern Europe Rafał Mańko, Przemysław Tacik and Cosmin Cercel 1. Populism, Legal Studies and CEE: Some Meta-Reflections Przemysław Tacik 2. Against ‘Populism’: Critical Legal Studies and Authoritarian Politics in Central and Eastern Europe Cosmin Cercel 3. The Polish Constitutional Court in the Grip of Neo-liberalism Adam Sulikowski 4. Populism and the Politics of Human Rights: The Case of Poland Karolina Kocemba and Michał Stambulski 5. Exceptio Popularis: Resisting Illiberal Legality Rafał Mańko 6. Constitutional Signalling in Neoliberal Times: A Romanian Perspective Alexandra Mercescu 7. “Law Is Not Politics” – the Role of the Liberal View on Law in the Rise of ‘New Populism’ Mátyás Bencze 8. Who Stands In The Mirror And Who Stares Back – Traditions Of Populism In Slovakia Peter Čuroš 9. Judicializing Communism: Transitional Justice and Nationalist Populism in the Uneven Time-Space of Eastern Europe Saygun Gökarıksel 10. Russian Conservatism and Populism: Between the Legal and the Political Mikhail Antonov Conclusions: Post-communism, Neoliberalism and Populism in the Semi-Periphery Adam Sulikowski and Rafał Mańko