Rule of Law in the EU: 30 Years After the Fall of the Berlin Wall

The book examines the evolution and current state of the rule of law in the European Union, assessing progress made since the democratic reforms in Central and Eastern Europe and recent tendencies of rule of law backsliding. It also reviews novel mechanisms for strengthening rule of law enforcement in the EU and gauges their potential for bringing sustainable, positive change.

Format: Hardback
Length: 392 pages
Publication date: 02 December 2021
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

The evolution and current state of the rule of law in the European Union (EU) are explored in this open access book. The thirtieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall is chosen as a natural moment of stocktaking, assessing the progress made since the beginning of the democratic reforms in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and critically analysing recent tendencies of rule of law backsliding and open revolt against liberal-democratic values in individual EU Member States. The volume is partly retrospective in that it reflects on the challenges of the post-communist transition and the process of Eastward Enlargement of the Union. Yet it is also prospective, in so far as it reviews the variety of novel mechanisms for strengthening rule of law enforcement in the EU and gauges their potential for bringing sustainable, positive change in this regard. All chapters are written by experienced scholars and practitioners in the field of EU law and policy. The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com. Open access was funded by the Swedish Studies Network.

Weight: 722g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781509941599