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Towards Illiberal Constitutionalism in East Central Europe: Historical Analysis in Comparative and Transnational Perspectives

This project investigates the rise of illiberal concepts and practices in Central and Eastern Europe from the ambiguities of the liberal order. It aims to demonstrate why and how this experience is relevant to the current populist challenge to the constitutional foundations of liberal democracy in Europe and around the world.

Projects

„The project
investigates the rise of
illiberal concepts and
practices in Central
and Eastern Europe
from the ambiguities of the liberal order“

03/11/2023
Presentation: The “democracy paradox” and its historical roots in the Peaceful Revolution of 1989

Sophie Lange presents her research at the Dezim-Institute in Berlin.

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Presentation: The process of import of liberal constitutionalism into the post-1989 East Central Europe as a promotional strategy of transnational and national expert actors

Matěj Slavík presented his research in Halle-Wittenberg.

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25/10/2023
Gleaning: Conference „Law, power, pluralisms. Revisiting Stanisław Ehrlich“

See some pictures by Rafał Mańko taken at the Conference „Law, Power, Pluralisms“ in Warsaw in October 2023

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