States of Emergency and Human Rights Protection: The Theory and Practice of the Visegrad Countries

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Monika Florczak-Wątor Fruzsina Gárdos-Orosz

States of Emergency and Human Rights Protection

The Theory and Practice of the Visegrad Countries

Monika Florczak-Wątor, Fruzsina Gárdos-Orosz, Jan Malíř , Max Steuer

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Routledge
13 February 2024

Emergencies are ubiquitous in 21st-century societal discourses. From the rise of emergency pronouncements in the United States since 9/11 accompanied by the associated violations of fundamental rights, through talks of ‘crises’ in the EU in relation to the economy, Putin’s occupation of Crimea (as recently amplified by the full-scale invasion of Ukraine) or refugees, to the long-neglected looming climate catastrophe, emergency discourses have been catapulted to the centre of attention by the critical juncture of the COVID-19 pandemic.

This volume presents and compares the existing regulations and practices of emergencies and human rights protection in the Visegrad (V4) countries. As such, the analysis covers Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia. Although these European countries share a common historical experience and are now members of the EU and NATO, they differ in some of their constitutional traditions and, also, in the dynamics of their political regimes. Divided into three parts, the first two comprehensively discuss the constitutional models of emergency and human rights protection in each of the V4 countries, while the third part illustrates how these models and the general framework of rights protection materialised in the limitations of the selected human rights during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The volume provides a compass for more in-depth, comparative, and interdisciplinary inquiries into the forms and practices of emergencies in one of the EU regions that faces illiberalisation and the consequences of the ongoing invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation on its eastern borders. It will be a valuable resource for academics, researchers, and policymakers working in the areas of Constitutional Law and Politics.

Edited by: Monika Florczak-Wątor, Fruzsina Gárdos-Orosz, Jan Malíř, Max Steuer
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 698g
ISBN: 9781032637457
ISBN 10: 1032637455
Pages: 276
Publication Date: 13 February 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Monika Florczak-Wątor is Professor in the Constitutional Law Department of Jagiellonian University, Director of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Constitutional Studies of Jagiellonian University, and Director of the Interdisciplinary PhD programme ‘Society of the Future’ at the Jagiellonian University Doctoral School in Social Sciences, Poland. Fruzsina Gárdos-Orosz is Director and Research Professor of the Institute for Legal Studies, HUN-REN Centre for Social Sciences, Budapest and also Professor in Constitutional Law at the ELTE Law School, Hungary. Jan Malíř is Research Fellow at the Institute of State and Law of the Czech Academy of Sciences. He is also a member of the Commission for EU Law at the Legislative Council of the Cabinet, an advisory body to the Czech Cabinet (Prague), the Steering Committee of the Centre francais de recherche en sciences sociales (CEFRES, Prague) and of the PhD Advisory Committee at the Charles University Faculty of Law, Prague, Czech Republic. Max Steuer is Associate Professor at O.P. Jindal Global University, Jindal Global Law School, India, and Assistant Professor at Comenius University in Bratislava, Department of Political Science, Slovakia.

Reviews for States of Emergency and Human Rights Protection: The Theory and Practice of the Visegrad Countries

'The COVID-19 pandemic tested the boundaries of constitutionalism throughout the world, and no more so can this be seen in the varied and contrasting actions taken by the Visegrad Four. This volume provides an invaluable contribution to the debates on states of emergency, locating them within the wider context of response to crisis and the protection of fundamental rights.' Joelle Grogan, Senior Researcher, King's College London; Research Fellow, CEU Democracy Institute; Co-Editor, Routledge Handbook of Law and the COVID-19 Pandemic