Law, Populism, and the Political in Central and Eastern Europe [Hardcover]

This book addresses the variety of right-wing illiberal populism which has emerged in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE).

RafaB MaDko is Research Affiliate at the Central European University Democracy Institute, Budapest (Hungary) and Legal Researcher at the European Parliamentary Research Service, Brussels (Belgium).

Adam Sulikowski is Full Professor of Legal Theory and Philosophy of Law at the Faculty of Law, Administration and Economics of the University of WrocBaw, Poland.

PrzemysBaw Tacik is Assistant Professor at the Institute of European Studies of the Jagiellonian University of Krak?w, Poland, and Director of the Nomos: Centre for International Research on Law, Culture and Power.

Cosmin Cercel is Associate Professor in Law at Lazarski University in Warsaw, Poland.

This book addresses the variety of right-wing illiberal populism which has emerged in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE).

Against the backdrop of weak institutional traditions, frequent and profound transformations, and deep historical traumas affecting the law, politics, economy and society in the region, the book critically examines the entanglements of legality in the regions transformation from state socialism to neoliberalism and Western-style democracy. Drawing on critical legal theory, as well as legal history, legal theory, sociology of law, history of ideas, anthropology of law, comparative law, and constitutional theory, the book goes beyond conventional analyses to offer an in-depth account of this important contemporary phenomenon.

This book will be of interest to legal researchers, especially of a critical or socio-legal perspective, political scientists, sociologists and (legal) historians, as well as policy makers seeking to understand the regional specificity and deeper roots oflp