Editors’ Introduction Part One: Constitutionalism 1. Wojciech Sadurski, (European University Institute, Florence, ‘Transitional Constitutionalism: simple and fancy theories.’ 2. Kim Lane Scheppele, (University of Pennsylvania), ‘Democracy by Judiciary’ 3. Cindy Skach, (Harvard University) ‘Rethinking Judicial Review: Shaping the Toleration of Difference? 4. Venelin I. Ganev, (Miami University, Ohio/Hoover Institution, Stanford University) ‘Foxes, Hedgehogs and Learning: Notes on the Past and Future Dilemmas of Postcommunism Constitutionalism’ 5. Vello Pettai (Tartu), ‘Democratic Norm Building and Constitutional Discourse Formation: Experience from the Constitutional Review Chamber of Estonia’ Part Two: Dealing with the Past 6. Adam Czarnota, (University of New South Wales), ‘Dealing with the past after communism: between restitutive and retributive justice’ 7. Luc Huyse, (Catholic University, Leuven), ‘Transitional Justice in Belgium, France and the Netherlands after World War II. Innovations, transgressions and lessons to be learnt.’ 8. Claus Offe, Ulrike Poppe, (Humboldt University, Berlin), ‘Transitional Justice in the German Democratic Republic’ 9. Hubert Rottleuthner, Matthias Mahlmann, (Free University, Berlin), ‘Models of Transition – Old Theories and Recent Developments’ 10. Grazyna Skapska, Jagiellonian University Kraków/Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin), ‘Restitutive Justice, Rule of Law, and Constitutional Dilemmas’ 11. Renata Uitz, (CEU) ‘How Far Does Transitional Justice Stretch? Judicial review for dealing with the past in democratic transition’ Part three: Rule of Law 12. Martin Krygier, (University of New South Wales) ‘Rethinking the Rule of Law after Communism’ 13. Ruti Teitel, (New York Law School), ‘Transitional Rule of Law’ 14. Jirí Pribán, (Charles University, Prague/Cardiff Law School), ‘Constitutional Symbolism and Political (Dis)continuity: Legal Rationality and Its Integrative Function in Post-communist Transformations’ 15. Ivan Krastev, (Center for Liberal Studies, Sofia), ‘Corruption, Anti-Corruption Sentiments and the Rule of Law’ 16. Neil Walker, (European University Institute, Florence), ‘Central Europe’s Second Constitutional Transition: The Prospects of EU Membership’