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SOCIETY IN A SOCIETY. A SOCIOLOGICAL CONCEPT OF CONSTITUTIONALISM AFTER COMMUNISM

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Skapska G.
Studia Socjologiczne
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2005
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issue 4(179)
39-67
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Do postcommunist constitutions reflect a theory of society, which would contribute to the consolidation of new democracies around symbols and meanings, and to the formation of a positive constitutional consensus? Do they allow for choosing from many options of further development? The former system had such a theory at its disposal - it was Stalinist constitutionalism, founded on the Marxist theory of social development and a clearly defined distinction between Stalinist and liberal democratic constitutionalism. The social correlate of Stalinist constitutionalism, known also as hypocritical, presented a negative constitutional consensus. Current difficulties in the democratic consolidation, and the formation of a positive constitutional consensus are a result of a particular character of the legitimization of the transformation, in the concept of a legal revolution, and of the lacking of an undisputable and clear conceptualization of human rights. The latter present a deciding factor in the postcommunist differentiation from the Stalinist constitutionalism. In consequence, a hypothetic possibility of an eclectic constitutionalism emerges which success depends on its reflection of local democratic tradition and social aspirations
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