Constitutional Traditions and Constitutional Transitions

Introduction 1
Martin Belov and Monika Florczak-Wątor

PART I IMAGINARIES OF CONSTITUTIONAL TRADITIONS AND CONSTITUTIONAL TRANSITIONS
1 Constitutional transitions and transitional imaginaries: bridging legacies of the constitutional past and aspirations for the constitutional future 13
Martin Belov
2 Shifting constitutional imaginaries: is the liberal-legal imaginary unsettled by populism? 35
Paul Blokker

PART II CONSTITUTIONAL TRADITIONS AND CONSTITUTIONAL TRANSITIONS IN POST-AUTHORITARIAN SOCIETIES
3 The legitimacy of transitions: lessons from South Africa and Hungary 57
Zoltán Pozsár-Szentmiklósy
4 The resurgence of nationalist-populism in post-communist Europe: a longue durée perspective 84
Bojan Bugaric and Ivan T. Berend
5 The role of constitutional justice in constitutional transition in the Baltic region 111
Anita Rodiņa and Kristiāna Pētersone
6 The implementation of the rule-of-law principle in post-Soviet states: myth or reality 133
Kristina Trykhlib

PART III THE ROLE OF CONSTITUTIONAL TRADITIONS IN THE COMPLEX CONSTITUTIONAL ORDER OF THE EU
7 From diversity to unity: Central and Eastern European constitutional traditions in the mosaic of the European constitutional heritage 161
Monika Florczak-Wątor
8 Reference to common constitutional traditions or national law in the practice of the General Court of the European Union 184
Krystyna Kowalik-Bańczyk
9 The role of constitutional traditions of the Member States in shaping a common system of liability for breaches of EU law 206
Monika Kawczyńska
10 Constitutional traditions and the fundamental rights protection in the EU: coupling the common effort and
European values regarding solidarity and social rights 235
Lucia Mokrá