The Rule of Law After Communism: Problems and Prospects in East-central EuropeMartin Krygier, Adam W. Czarnota Explores the complexity both of the rule of law and of applying it in the conditions of post-Communist Europe. Fourteen contributions discuss topics including the concept of the rule of law itself; its meaning in post-communist Europe; constitutionalism; morality and policy that surround attempts to deal by law with legacies of an unsavory past; crime after communism; and international implications and ambitions stimulated by the collapse of communism and its aftermath. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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Legal Cultures and the Rule of Law | 21 |
Positivist or NonPositivist Rule of Law? | 39 |
The Complexity of Legality in Hungary | 55 |
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