Constitution Making in Eastern Europe

Date

1993

These essays examine the issues and political atmosphere that affects constitution-making in Eastern Europe. Country studies are included from Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Poland, as well as regional comparisons of constitutional courts and local governments. The editor provides an overview.

Citation

A. E. Dick Howard, ed., Constitution Making in Eastern Europe, Woodrow Wilson Center Press (1993).

UVA Law Faculty Affiliations

A. E. Dick Howard

Center for International & Comparative Law

Constitutional Law and Legal History

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