Law

After the epochal change of 1918/1919, a wave of codification began in the new states of Central Eastern Europe. However, the penal codes drafted during this period fell into oblivion after 1945. The contributions gathered in this volume analyse these interwar codes and reveal surprising perspectives on transnational networks of experts.

The success of European integration depends on an application and development of law which is guided by specific underlying assumptions. In this book, the author examines those assumptions, how they are translated into legal method and doctrinal constructs, and how they unfold, evolve, and pose challenges for the interconnected democratic orders.