The last decade of the 20th century saw radical changes in  Eastern Europe and the former USSR. Most of these countries made a  transition from totalitarianism or authoriatarianism to democracy and  from central planning to a market economy. Adding to the latter, a  number of national entities gained their independence after the  disintegration of the federative states of the USSR, Yugoslavia and  Czechoslovakia. Many recent studies have focused on these double, in  some cases triple transitions, and scholars from different fields  analyzed the so-called "1989 Revolution" from different perspectives.  Rather less scholarly attention has been paid to the future of  post-communist constitutions and prospects for constitutionalism in  these countries.   The main questions dealt with throughout this study can be formulated  as follows: Will liberal democratic constitutionalism take root in  these countries? Will new constitutions in Eastern Europe and the  former USSR perish or survive? This study also aims at contributing to  the constuction of a general constitutional theory by studying the  causes and dynamics of constitutional change in general. Such  constitutional change is not only on the East European, but also on  the West European agenda. The purpose of this study is not to  introduce a general theory about constitutional in/stability, but  studying post-communist constitutions will help us to understand the  causes and dynamics of constitutional change from a broader  perspective.

Prospects for Constitutionalism in Post-Communist Countries (Law in Eastern Europe) (Law in Eastern Europe) PDF

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