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

This book addresses the variety of right-wing illiberal populism which has emerged in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE).

Autorentext

Rafä Mäko 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 Wroc aw, Poland.

Przemys aw 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.

Inhalt

Introduction: Law, Populism and the Political in Semi-Peripheral Central and Eastern Europe Rafä Mäko, Przemys aw Tacik and Cosmin Cercel 1. Populism, Legal Studies and CEE: Some Meta-Reflections Przemys aw 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 Michä Stambulski 5. Exceptio Popularis: Resisting Illiberal Legality Rafä Mäko 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 uro 9. Judicializing Communism: Transitional Justice and Nationalist Populism in the Uneven Time-Space of Eastern Europe Saygun Gökar ksel 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 Rafä Mäko