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Author Kuti, Csongor.

Title Post-communist restitution and the rule of law / Csongor Kuti
Published Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (326 pages)
Series ACLS Humanities E-Book
Contents Theories of property -- Justice and reparation -- The rule of law, equality, and limited restitution -- The rule of law as the law of (restitution) rules
Summary Eastern European societies underwent large-scale deprivations of property by the authoritarian regimes, beginning after World War II, largely ending with the last waves of the kolkhoz movement in the early 1960s. Kuti examines property reparations that took place after 1989, from the perspective of constitutional justice, the rule of law, but also from the point of view of identity politics. A controversial and at times contentious issue is tackled here, effecting people's lives and material situations drastically whilst touching upon the raw nerves of history. Kuti c ompares property restitution schemes in the Baltic States, Poland, Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania. Argues that the aims of compensation and reparation were coupled with goals of structural reform. Provides an international perspective, through extensive reference to the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights, as well as to some other jurisdictions confronted with indigenous peoples' claims. The inquiry concludes that the ideals of rule of law and justice cannot lead to consistent solutions in this problem, and the presence of an imperfect theorization is demonstrated
Analysis Constitutional law, Human rights, Judiciary, Postcommunism, Restitution, Rule of law, Transition
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Restitution -- Europe, Eastern
Confiscations -- Europe, Eastern
LAW -- International.
LAW -- Constitutional.
Confiscations
Restitution
SUBJECT Europe, Eastern -- Claims
Subject Eastern Europe
Genre/Form Claims
Form Electronic book
LC no. 20090027
ISBN 9781441637338
1441637338
9786155211713
615521171X
1283248247
9781283248242