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Mission Accomplished

Radoslav Procházka
Title
Mission Accomplished
Subtitle
On Founding Constitutional Adjudication in Central Europe
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€ 146,00 excl. VAT
ISBN
9789639241510
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Hardback
Number of pages
378
Language
English
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15.5 x 22.9 cm
Category
Legal Studies
Discipline
Social and Political Sciences
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Preface List of Abbreviations List of Tables List of Figures Introduction Concept Structure Part I Chapter 1 Establishing Constitutional Review Framework Transition Connotations Western Paradigm European Federation Intra-Regional Pressure Chapter 2 Designing Constitutional Review Framework Country Specifics Poland Transitional Political Economy Transitional Leadership Hungary Transitional Political Economy Transitional Leadership Czechoslovakia/Czech and Slovak Republics Transitional Political Economy Transitional Leadership Part II Chapter 3 Adjudicative Approaches Framework Legislating Judging Repairing Country Specifics Poland Judicial Activism Active Judging Hungary Judicial Activism Active Judging Czech Republic Judicial Activism Active Judging Slovak Republic Judicial Activism Active Judging Chapter 4 Interpretive Techniques Framework Country Specifics Poland Hungary Czech Republic Slovak Republic Chapter 5 Founding and Beyond Birth Childhood Adulthood Notes Bibliography Tables Index

Radoslav Procházka

Mission Accomplished

On Founding Constitutional Adjudication in Central Europe

Examines constitutional jurisdiction in the so-called Visegrad Four: Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The creation of constitutional courts was one of the major milestones in the re-creation of the democratic system in these countries. In Europe constitutional courts exert much of the functions of the Supreme Court of the US. However, the immediate western European samples showed marked differences, which is why besides similarities, the theory and practice of constitutional law show differences in these four countries. Procházka analyses and explains these similarities and differences. 

Mission Accomplished contributes to the literature on comparative constitutional law by offering insights into the constitutional discourses that go beyond the discussion of notorious cases and events in these four countries. Procházka argues that the various historical, cultural, socio-psychological, political and institutional contexts have translated into different modes of constitutional adjudication and interpretation.
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Radoslav Procházka

Radoslav Procházka is Assistant Professor at Trnava University Law School, and Advisor to the Constitutional Court of Slovakia. 

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