Rule of Law Decay:Terminology, Causes, Methods, Markers and Remedies

This special issue on rule of law decay addresses a range of issues prompted byrecent developments in Poland, Hungary and elsewhere: How to conceptualizerule of law decay? What are its characteristics? How can it be explained? Can itbe detected at an early stage? What is the methodology of undermining the rule oflaw? What, if anything, can outsiders, especially the EU, do to counter this decay?What lessons can be drawn for demands imposed on candidates by the EU in futureenlargement rounds