Bugarič, B. and Ginsburg, T. (2016) The assault on postcommunist courts. Journal of Democracy, 27 (3). pp. 69-82. ISSN 1045-5736
Abstract
In the last 25 years, constitutional courts have been major players in the governance of Central and Eastern Europe, and were arguably the most important defenders of the rule of law in the region. Yet the last few years have exposed the institutional fragility of constitutional courts in the face of illiberal democracy, as several countries have moved to pack the courts. Without quick and sustained pressure, the dismantling of the hard fought freedoms associated with the rule of law will succeed, and we will again speak of an Eastern Europe that is closer to Russia than to the West.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 National Endowment for Democracy and Johns Hopkins University Press. This is an author-produced version of a paper subsequently published in Journal of Democracy. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > School of Law (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 11 Oct 2019 11:15 |
Last Modified: | 15 Oct 2019 08:10 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1353/jod.2016.0047 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:152045 |