Rights Before Courts A Study of Constitutional Courts in Postcommunist States of Central and Eastern Europe /

• Main Author: Sadurski, Wojciech (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2014.
• Subjects: Law.; Political science.; Law > Philosophy.; Private international law.; Conflict of laws.; International law.; Comparative law.; Public international law.; Human rights.; Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History.; Philosophy of Law.; Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law.; Public International Law.; Human Rights.

This is a completely revised and updated second edition of Rights Before Courts (2005, paper edition 2008). This book carefully examines the most recent wave of the emergence and case law of activist constitutional courts: those that were set up after the fall of communism in Central and Eastern Eur...

Table of Contents:

• Preface to the Second Edition
• Introduction
• Part 1
• 1. The Model of Constitutional Review In Central And Eastern Europe: An Overview
• 2. Constitutional Courts in Search if Legitimacy.- 3. The Model of Judicial Review And Its Implications
• 4. Constitutional Courts and Legislation
• Part II
• 5. Judicial Review And Protection of Constitutional Rights.- 6. Personal, Civil and Political Rights and Liberties
• 7. Socio-Economic Rights.- 8. Equality and Minority Rights.- 9. “Decommunisation”, “Lustration” and Constitutional Continuity
• 10. Restrictions of Rights.- General Literature
• Index.