Do postcommunist constitutions reflect a theory of society, which would contribute to the consolidation of new democracies around symbols and meanings, and to the formation of a positive constitutional consensus? Do they allow for choosing from many options of further development? The former system had such a theory at its disposal - it was Stalinist constitutionalism, founded on the Marxist theory of social development and a clearly defined distinction between Stalinist and liberal democratic constitutionalism. The social correlate of Stalinist constitutionalism, known also as hypocritical, presented a negative constitutional consensus. Current difficulties in the democratic consolidation, and the formation of a positive constitutional con...
This chapter suggests that a historically and politically informed sociological analysis of the cons...
With the end of the Cold War, many assumed that socialism, together with the specific constitutional ...
This article proceeds from a critical sociological revision of classical constitutional theory. In p...
This paper debates abusive constitutionalism and constitutionalism abused as ways to introduce a fun...
Part I of this article provides an overview of trends in the intellectual history of civil society t...
The modern idea of the constitution is closely tied up with the political form of the nation-state, ...
This article aims to analyze abuse of a country’s constitution as a unique means by which fundamenta...
This paper debates abusive constitutionalism and constitutionalism abused as ways to introduce a fun...
While there is a wealth of studies on selected aspects of economic and political transitions from co...
The legitimity of the one-party regimes in Soviet type societies was based on the guarantee of provi...
This paper forms part of an edited volume on “The Many Constitutions of Europe” (Tuori and Sankari 2...
This article aims to analyze abuse of a country’s constitution as a unique means by which fundamenta...
The objective of the paper is to present various forms of constitutionalism, with a special focus on...
This chapter follows a comparative, historical, and sociologically informed approach. The chapter wi...
CIVIL SOCIETY IN POLAND IN THE 1990s. IDEAS AND THEIR REFLECTION IN THE CONSTITUTION AND IN JURISPRU...
This chapter suggests that a historically and politically informed sociological analysis of the cons...
With the end of the Cold War, many assumed that socialism, together with the specific constitutional ...
This article proceeds from a critical sociological revision of classical constitutional theory. In p...
This paper debates abusive constitutionalism and constitutionalism abused as ways to introduce a fun...
Part I of this article provides an overview of trends in the intellectual history of civil society t...
The modern idea of the constitution is closely tied up with the political form of the nation-state, ...
This article aims to analyze abuse of a country’s constitution as a unique means by which fundamenta...
This paper debates abusive constitutionalism and constitutionalism abused as ways to introduce a fun...
While there is a wealth of studies on selected aspects of economic and political transitions from co...
The legitimity of the one-party regimes in Soviet type societies was based on the guarantee of provi...
This paper forms part of an edited volume on “The Many Constitutions of Europe” (Tuori and Sankari 2...
This article aims to analyze abuse of a country’s constitution as a unique means by which fundamenta...
The objective of the paper is to present various forms of constitutionalism, with a special focus on...
This chapter follows a comparative, historical, and sociologically informed approach. The chapter wi...
CIVIL SOCIETY IN POLAND IN THE 1990s. IDEAS AND THEIR REFLECTION IN THE CONSTITUTION AND IN JURISPRU...
This chapter suggests that a historically and politically informed sociological analysis of the cons...
With the end of the Cold War, many assumed that socialism, together with the specific constitutional ...
This article proceeds from a critical sociological revision of classical constitutional theory. In p...