February 19: Starting Point: Features of constitutional systems of states in CE in late 80s (totalitarian vs. authoritarian regime, tension between formal and practical constitution) and their crisis

February 26: Europeanisation or national model of transformation? Impact of the EU, Council of Europe, experience of western European countries. Reading: De Ridder and D. Kochenov (2011),“Democratic Conditionality in the Eastern Enlargement:Ambitious Window Dressing”, European Foreign Affairs Review 2011

March 4: Dealing with the Past by administrative tools: Lustrations Reading: Kosar: Lustrations and Lapse of Time https://csesp.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/eswp-2008-03-kosar_eclr_.pdf

March 11: Dealing with the Past by Criminal Law: Punishment of old crimes and rehabilitation of victims of political persecution

March 18: Property regime I: Restitutions

March 25: Property regime II: Privatisation, enforcement of property rights, public intervention
into property regime

April 1: Media and Freedom of Speech

April 8: Rule of Law and Judiciary

April 15: no class

April 22: guest lecture

April 29: Protection of Minorities

April 6: Rectors` day

May 13: Current developmetns: is there an illiberal revolution in CE?

Exam requirments:

In class presentation

Writtten exam: On your chosen day of exam (thre wil be three terms), I will send you, by email, a question/problem at 10.00 and by 13.00 I would like to receive and 3-4 page answer/analysis.

In addition, each student should prepare a 2-3 page analysis of a ECHR/natinal constitutional court case relevant for the CE constitutional transformation. Analysis should contain facts of case, its procedural development, legal argumentation used, case result and national reaction to the judgment. Deadline: June 1.