The Rule of Law in Central Europe

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.

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.