The Rule of Law and the Challenges to Jurisprudence

This book comprises ten essays written by young Central and Eastern European legal theorists and political scientists on the Rule of Law and key concepts of jurisprudence. They discuss a wide range of subjects including jurisprudential methodology and legal reasoning, democracy and constitutional courts, as well as rights and criminal justice.

Péter Cserne is senior lecturer in law at the University of Hull (UK). Miklós Könczöl is assistant lecturer at the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences at Pázmány Péter Catholic University in Budapest (Hungary). Marta Soniewicka is lecturer at the Faculty of Law and Administration at Jagiellonian University in Kraków (Poland).

Contents: Szilárd Tattay: The Relationship of Natural Law and Natural Rights: Organic, Contingent, or Logically Contradictory? – Verena Risse: International Coercion and the Requirement of an International Rule of Law – Goran Dajovi?: The Subject Matter of Jurisprudence – Luka Burazin: Is «Naturalised» Methodology in Legal Theory Helpful? – Lidia Rodak: Objectivity as Coherence in Practical Discourse – Tilen Štajnpihler: Within Democracy’s Reach? Revisiting Some Objections to Judge-made Law – Ágnes Kovács: A New Trend in the Debate on Justifying Judicial Review: Considering the Benefits of Judicial Reasoning – Krzysztof J. Kaleta: Between Refexivity and Effectiveness: Dilemmas of the Democratic Legitimacy of Constitutional Justice – Mojca M. Plesni?ar: Shielding Criminal Justice from Politics – Sabina Zgaga: Introduction of Criminal Law Powers in Other Legal Procedures: A Convenient Bypass for Obtaining Evidence?