Guardians of the Constitution: Constitutional Court Presidents and the Struggle for the Rule of Law in Post-Soviet Europe

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Description: Charged with ensuring that their nations' new constitutions would in fact be followed, these new courts often became both the center of the population's high hopes and a frequent annoyance for the elected governments that had to comply with their decisions.The hope was that the courts would be the "guardians of the constitution";2 the reality
Kim Lane Scheppele
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