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This book examines how constitutional courts can support weak democratic states in the wake of societal division and authoritarian regimes.

Describes the decisions of the most innovative of the new constitutional courts in post Soviet Central Europe

When can the Executive manipulate the composition of a Court? What political factors explain judicial instability on the bench? Using original field data from A