Central and Eastern Europe After Transition

How have national identities changed, developed and reacted in the wake of transition from communism to democracy in Central and Eastern Europe? Central and Eastern Europe After Transition defines and examines new autonomous differences adopted at the state and the supranational level in the post-transitional phase of the post-Communist area, and considers their impact on constitutions, democracy and legal culture. With representative contributions from older and newer EU members, the book provides a broad set of cultural points for reference. Its comparative and interdisciplinary approach includes a useful selection of bibliographical resources specifically devoted to the Central Eastern European countries' transitions.

'What are the striking features that may shape the future legal regimes of Central and Eastern Europe? Twenty years after the collapse of communism, with the end of the transitional process, the new Member States have taken a path leading towards new socio-legal semantics. This book, by carrying out a thorough investigation of the constitutional arena, provides a wide topical and territorial account of new legal and political cultures shaping the region of former soviet dominance. Its interdisciplinary nature and politico-legal bibliography are both important features and will be valuable to readers.' Csaba Varga, Pazmany Peter Catholic University, Hungary

Alberto Febbrajo is Professor of Law at the University of Macerata, Italy, and a former Rector of the university. Wojciech Sadurski is Professor of Law at the University of Sydney, and former Dean of the Law dept, European University Institute, Florence, Italy. Jiri Priban, Alberto Febbrajo, Paul Blokker, Wojciech Sadurski, Daniel Smilov, Grazyna Skapska, Zdenek Kuhn, Daniela Piana, Paulina Polak, David Nelken, Gisela Shaw, Vittorio Olgiati, Stefania Porfiri.

This work brings together a group of experts to focus on the transition of Eastern European countries from the perspective of the changing patterns of their related socio-legal cultures; the variety of transitions covered by mere superficial integration; And The challenges of an already apparent post-transitional phase. First, The volume explores the different socio-legal conditions that led to various types of transition in each country. Second, The book discusses the problematic outcomes of transition in Eastern European countries in general, As well as providing a more detailed examination of the way in which some subsystems moved towards specific models of socio-cultural differentiation and how they tried to cope with the paradoxical and contradictory effects. Third, The volume examines these trends in order to verify the emergence of new socio-legal semantics, As a signal of a new constituent normative rationale. The book also includes bibliographical sources specifically devoted To The Eastern European countries' transition.

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