Rethinking The Rule Of Law After Communism

Kryg.Imprimatura 2005/11/08 12:08 Page i Rethinking the Rule of Law after Communism Kryg.Imprimatura 2005/11/08 12:08 Page iii Rethinking the Rule of Law after Communism Edited by Adam Czarnota, Martin Krygier and Wojciech Sadurski Central European University Press Budapest New York Kryg.Imprimatura 2005/11/08 12:08 Page iv © 2005 by Adam Czarnota, Martin Krygier and Wojciech Sadurski Published in 2005 by Central European University Press An imprint of the Central European University Share Company Nádor utca 11, H-1051 Budapest, Hungary Tel: +36-1-327-3138 or 327-3000 Fax: +36-1-327-3183 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.ceupress.com 400 West 59th Street, New York NY 10019, USA Tel: +1-212-547-6932 Fax: +1-646-557-2416 E-mail: [email protected] All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the permission of the Publisher. ISBN 963 7326 22 7 paperback Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Rethinking the rule of law after communism / edited by Adam Czarnota, Martin Krygier, and Wojciech Sadurski. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 9637326219 (cloth) 1. Rule of law—Europe, Central. 2. Rule of law—Europe, Eastern. 3. Constitutional law. 4. Post-communism. I. Czarnota, Adam W. II. Krygier, Martin. III. Sadurski, Wojciech, 1950– IV. Title. KJC4426.R48 2005 340’.11—dc22 2005013594 Preprint by Attributum Stúdió, Budapest Printed in Hungary by Akaprint Kft. Budapest Kryg.Imprimatura 2005/11/08 12:08 Page v Contents List of Tables and Figures Introduction vii 1 Adam Czarnota, Martin Krygier, and Wojciech Sadurski Part O ne · Constitutionalism Transitional Constitutionalism: Simplistic and Fancy Theories 9 Wojciech Sadurski Democracy by Judiciary. Or, why Courts Can be More Democratic than Parliaments 25 Kim Lane Scheppele Rethinking Judicial Review: Shaping the Toleration of Difference? 61 Cindy Skach Foxes, Hedgehogs, and Learning: Notes on the Past and Future Dilemmas of Postcommunist Constitutionalism 75 Venelin I. Ganev Democratic Norm Building and Constitutional Discourse Formation in Estonia 91 Vello Pettai Pa rt Two · Dealing with the Past Between Nemesis and Justitia: Dealing with the Past as a Constitutional Process Adam Czarnota 123 Kryg.Imprimatura 2005/11/08 12:08 Page vi Transitional Justice in Belgium, France, and the Netherlands After World War II: Innovations, Transgressions, and Lessons to Be Learned 135 Luc Huyse Transitional Justice After the Breakdown of the German Democratic Republic 153 Claus Offe and Ulrike Poppe Models of Tra