KOSAŘ, David. Lustration and Lapse of Time: 'Dealing with the Past' in the Czech Republic. European Constitutional law Review. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008, vol. 4, No 3, p. 460-487. ISSN 1574-0196. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1574019608004604.
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Original name Lustration and Lapse of Time: 'Dealing with the Past' in the Czech Republic
Name in Czech Lustrace a běh času: Vyrovnání se s minulostí v České republice
Authors KOSAŘ, David (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
Edition European Constitutional law Review, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2008, 1574-0196.
Other information
Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 50500 5.5 Law
Country of publisher Belgium
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
Impact factor Impact factor: 0.522
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14220/08:00042270
Organization unit Faculty of Law
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1574019608004604
UT WoS 000262081200007
Keywords in English Lustration; Lapse of Time; Czech Constitutional Court
Tags Czech Constitutional Court, Lapse of Time, Lustration
Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: prof. JUDr. David Kosař, Ph.D., LL.M., J. S. D., učo 4775. Changed: 13/9/2012 15:37.
Abstract
One of the most important challenges for the rule of law in the Czech Republic in the period of transition has been the functioning of the so-called Lustration Acts. The Czech Lustration Acts have been widely acknowledged as some of the most far-reaching among the post-communist countries in the CEE region. As a result, they were met with fierce criticism, not only from foreign and Czech scholars but also from dissidents themselves. However, this paper does not intend to reopen the early debate on the legitimacy of the introduction of the Czech Lustration Acts. Instead, it examines the Czech Lustration Acts against the contemporary jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights. This paper concludes that while the Czech Lustration Acts might still survive the scrutiny of the European Court of Human Rights, they should be repealed by the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic since the special transition-to-democracy circumstances that justified their adoption in the early 1990s have ceased to exist.
Abstract (in Czech)
České lustrační zákony jsou dnes v rozporu s Listinou základních práv a svobod, a tudíž by měly být prohlášeny za protiústavní.
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