Mission Accomplished: On Founding Constitutional Adjudication in Central Europe

377 Pages·2002·13.13 MB·English

by  Radoslav Prochazka

IMISSION ACCOMPLISHEDI
Ion Founding
Constitutional Adjudication
Iin Central EuropeI
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MISSION ACCOMPLISHEDI
Ion Founding
Constitutional Adjudication
Iin Central EuropeI
by
RADOSLAV PROCH(cid:231)ZKA
Central European University Press
Budapest New York
'2002 by Radoslav Proch(cid:135)zka
Published in 2002 by
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Proch(cid:135)zka, Radoslav.
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED: on Founding Constitutional Adjudication in
Central Europe/by Radoslav Proch(cid:135)zka.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN
1. Constitutional courts--Europe, Eastern. 2. Constitutional
law--Europe, Eastern. 3. Judicial review--Europe, Eastern. 4.
Political questions and judicial power--Europe, Eastern. 5.
Post-communism--Europe, Eastern. I. Title.
KJC5456. P76 2002
347.47«012//dc21
2002007930
Printed in Hungary by Akaprint
To my parents,
Daniela Proch(cid:135)zkov(cid:135) and Rudolf Proch(cid:135)zka
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ICONTENTSI
Preface xi
List of Abbreviations xiii
List of Tables xv
List of Figures xvii
Introduction 1
Concept 1
Structure 4
PARTI
Chapter 1Establishing Constitutional Review 13
Framework 14
Transitional Connotations 16
Western Paradigm 16
European Federation 17
Intra-Regional Pressure 20
Chapter 2Designing Constitutional Review 33
Framework 34
Country Specifics 37
Poland 37
Overview 37
Legal Culture 39
Transitional Political Economy 42
Transitional Leadership 46
Hungary 49
viii
Overview 49
Legal Culture 50
Transitional Political Economy 52
Transitional Leadership 55
Czechoslovakia/Czech and Slovak Republics 59
Overview 59
Legal Culture 63
Transitional Political Economy 68
Transitional Leadership 70
PARTII
Chapter 3 Adjudicative Approaches 77
Framework 78
Legislating 78
Judging 79
Repairing 82
Country Specifics 83
Poland 83
Judicial Activism 83
Overview 83
Jurisprudence 88
Active Judging 98
Overview 98
Jurisprudence 106
Hungary 113
Judicial Activism 113
Overview 113
Jurisprudence 118
Active Judging 130
Overview 130
Jurisprudence 133
Czech Republic 140
Judicial Activism 140
Overview 140
Jurisprudence 145
Active Judging 158
Overview 158
Jurisprudence 159
Slovak Republic 168
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Judicial Activism 168
Overview 168
Jurisprudence 172
Active Judging 186
Overview 186
Jurisprudence 189
Chapter 4 Interpretive Techniques 203
Framework 203
Country Specifics 207
Poland 207
Overview 207
Jurisprudence 208
Hungary 222
Overview 222
Jurisprudence 223
Czech Republic 234
Overview 234
Jurisprudence 235
Slovak Republic 247
Overview 247
Jurisprudence 249
Chapter 5Founding and Beyond 265
Birth 266
Childhood 269
Adulthood 278
Notes 281
Bibliography 329
Tables 347
Index 349