The International Concept of the Rule of Law

More about the research objective

The supranationalisation of the notion of the rule of law is embedded in the process of creating constitutional federalism in Europe, through the instruments of soft and hard law. The current institutional and normative framework of the European Union allows for the pursuit of the EU's accelerating constitutional federalism. This process necessarily entails certain limitations on national sovereignty, and this is likely to continue in the future as the interpretation of the rule of law is increasingly supranational.
In this research, we will examine the different conceptions of the rule of law developed by different supranational institutions, the legal basis for interpreting such conceptions, the mechanisms of control and the sanctioning regimes associated with such processes. The enforcement of supranational interpretations of the rule of law is of particular interest in the light of the fact that states have not explicitly delegated powers in this respect.
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Professors in the research group

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Book

The publishing house's mainly English-language books and journals help to build dialogue between the national scientific communities of the Central European region, and enable high quality scientific output to be disseminated outside the region.

János Bóka

The Supranational Interpretation of the Rule of Law

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Articles

Reform of the Romanian Judiciary and the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism – Considering the Practice of the Romanian Constitutional Court

Human Rights Committees Recommendations and their Position Within Slovak Legal Order

The Rule of Law and Academic Freedom Between Personal Liberty and Public Order

Judicial Reform in Serbia in Light of “the Venetian Concept” of the Rule of Law

The “International” Rule of Law in the Polish Administrative Court’s Jurisprudence

The Interaction Between the Rule of Law, Fundamental Rights, and the Supremacy of EU Law

The Rule of Law in Croatian Criminal Justice with a Case Study on its Breach by Tackling War Profiteering and Privatisation

The International and Supranational Rule of Law in the Slovenian Legal System

The European Parliament Against the Background of the Rule of Law and the Standards of a Parliamentary System: Selected Issues

Our conferences

The conference was attended by members of the Central European Academy's Professorial Network on the Supranational Interpretation of the Rule of Law, which was [...]

The conference "Interpreting the rule of law in Central Europe in the light of the supranational concept of the rule of law", to be held on 12-13 October 2023, aims to bring together [...]

Other results

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Bartosz Majchrzak: Rule of law in public administration (in the light of the ’Handbook for Monitoring Administrative Justice’

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David Sehnálek: EU rule of law enforcement mechanism

Marta Dragičević Prtenjača: Diverse Dimensions of the Rule of Law in Democratic Societies

David Sehnálek: The Supranationalization of the Rule of Law: Concepts, Enforcement and Sanctions

Grzegorz Pastuszko: The EU principle of the rule of law and the constitutional identity of European states

Vladan Petrov: The Rule of Law and the Venice Commission

Challenges for ensuring the Rule of Law

Maja Lukić Radović: Challenges for ensuring the Rule of Law in the EU and candidate countries

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Vanja Ivan Savic: : Tradition and Specific Characteristics of States in the Law of the European Union and the Council of Europe

Rule of law in the centre of the EU enlargement methodology: A short overview of the Western Balkans’ never-ending reform

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Recommendations of Human Rights Committees and the Rule of Law

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The Cooperation and Verification Mechanism (CVM): Is it over?

Nietzsche and Rule of Law

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The Venice Commission and the Supranational Rule of Law – history, present, future

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The European Semester, rule of law and process of federalization of the EU system

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EU rule of law – a case of Hungary & Ukraine: What is the point of unanimous voting? And why does the EU distrust national parliaments?

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Maja Lukić Radović: The Role of Law and Courts in a Changing European Union

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Is the breach of the rule of law gradable? – selected comments against the background of Article 7 TEU

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Exploring the Rule of Law in the Croatian Legal Landscape

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Ideas of the European Legal Landscape: A Background of Contemporary Europe

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Vanja Ivan Savic: : Few Questions About the Rule of Law and Academic Freedoms

he Resurrection of the International Rule of Law

Vladan Petrov: The Resurrection of the International Rule of Law is Possible

Supranational Interpretation

Katarína Šmigová: Supranational Interpretation of The Rule of Law

Supranational Interpretation

Katarína Šmigová: Supranational Interpretation of The Rule of Law

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Marta Dragičević Prtenjača: The Rule of Law in the Contemporary Society

Rule of Law in Slovenia and Beyond

Benjamin Flander: Rule of Law in Slovenia and Beyond

European Semester

Grzegorz Pastuszko: European Semester. Legal aspects

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