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Constitutionalism under stress : essays in honour of Wojciech Sadurski / edited by Uladzislau Belavusau, Aleksandra Gliszczyńska-Grabias.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Constitutional law--Europe.
- Constitutional law.
- Europe, Central--Politics and government--1989-.
- Europe, Central.
- Europe, Eastern--Politics and government--1989-.
- Europe, Eastern.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xx, 355 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, [2020]
- Summary:
- Constitutionalism under Stress reflects on comparative constitutionalism in Central and Eastern Europe through the lens of leading legal scholar Professor Wojciech Sadurski, whose writings have anticipated and scrutinized the current decline of liberal democracies and populist challenges to the rule of law in the region. Sadurski's work has chronicled the transition from concern for the most basic of human rights under authoritarian rule to the challenges of democratic governance. The compelling rights discourse of an earlier period gave way to claims of abuse of majoritarian prerogatives as the hopes of liberal democracy encountered the power of illiberalism. The theoretical responses offered for the preservation of liberal democracy, in light of the current turbulence regarding the rule of law in the region, produces a far reaching and effective reference tool on matters of constitutional capture and illiberal democracy.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-263371-6
- 0-19-263370-8
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