"Constitutional Law as a mirror of transition to liberal democracy and its backsliding in Eastern Europe", in: Central and Eastern European Socio-Political and Legal Transition Revisited, F. Gardos-Orosz and B. Fekete (eds), Peter Lang, 2017, pp. 23-39 - HAL-SHS - Sciences de l'Homme et de la Société Accéder directement au contenu
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"Constitutional Law as a mirror of transition to liberal democracy and its backsliding in Eastern Europe", in: Central and Eastern European Socio-Political and Legal Transition Revisited, F. Gardos-Orosz and B. Fekete (eds), Peter Lang, 2017, pp. 23-39

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Eastern European countries were able, during the 1990s, to change their political and legal systems, without using any violence. More than 25 years after the peaceful revolutions, it is important to have a closer look at the constitutional evolutions in Eastern Europe. Constitutional Law mirrors not only the peaceful transition to democracy but also the obstacles faced by new democracies. Recently, constitutional crises have been observed in Hungary and Poland, raising the question of what is really at stake: a backsliding of democracy or a backsliding of liberal democracy? If we look back into the past and the 1980s’ transition to democracy, the choice was made to adopt a liberal model of democracy, the European model of democracy. This paper argues that more than mirroring a backsliding of democracy, the recent crises in Eastern Europe mirror an identity crisis and disenchantment with the idea of liberal constitutional democracy.
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Marie-Elisabeth Baudoin. "Constitutional Law as a mirror of transition to liberal democracy and its backsliding in Eastern Europe", in: Central and Eastern European Socio-Political and Legal Transition Revisited, F. Gardos-Orosz and B. Fekete (eds), Peter Lang, 2017, pp. 23-39. Peter Lang AG. Central and Eastern European Socio-Political and Legal Transition Revisited, F. Gardos-Orosz and B. Fekete (eds), Peter Lang, 2017, 248 p., pp. 23-39, 2018, 978-3631727614. ⟨hal-01890086⟩

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