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Populist Jurisprudence? Examining Selected Case Law of the Polish Constitutional Court After 2016 民粹主义判例？考察2016年后波兰宪法法院的部分判例法

IF 2.2 2区社会学

Hague Journal on the Rule of Law Pub Date : 2024-03-11 DOI: 10.1007/s40803-024-00208-5

Michał Stambulski

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Informal Concentration of Powers in Illiberal Constitutionalism: The Case of Hungary 自由主义宪政中的非正式权力集中：匈牙利案例

IF 2.2 2区社会学

Hague Journal on the Rule of Law Pub Date : 2024-03-06 DOI: 10.1007/s40803-024-00205-8

Zoltán Pozsár-Szentmiklósy

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The European Union’s Response to the Catalan Secessionist Process 欧盟对加泰罗尼亚分离主义进程的回应

IF 2.2 2区社会学

Hague Journal on the Rule of Law Pub Date : 2024-03-06 DOI: 10.1007/s40803-024-00202-x

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Reclaiming Political Rights During a Rule of Law Crisis: The Role of the UN Human Rights Committee 在法治危机中恢复政治权利：联合国人权委员会的作用

IF 2.2 2区社会学

Hague Journal on the Rule of Law Pub Date : 2024-03-06 DOI: 10.1007/s40803-024-00204-9

Jessica Almqvist

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International and European Institutions and Catalan Nationalism 国际和欧洲机构与加泰罗尼亚民族主义

IF 2.2 2区社会学

Hague Journal on the Rule of Law Pub Date : 2024-02-29 DOI: 10.1007/s40803-024-00206-7

Rafael Arenas García

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A Democracy-Friendly Theory of the Rule of Law. 民主友好型法治理论》。

IF 2.9 2区社会学

Hague Journal on the Rule of Law Pub Date : 2024-01-01 Epub Date: 2024-08-19 DOI: 10.1007/s40803-024-00240-5

Jeremy Webber

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Private Power, the Rule of Law and the European Union 私人权力、法治与欧盟

2区社会学

Hague Journal on the Rule of Law Pub Date : 2023-11-14 DOI: 10.1007/s40803-023-00200-5

Jacquelyn Veraldi

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Amnesties, Transitional Justice and the Rule of Law 大赦、过渡时期司法和法治

2区社会学

Hague Journal on the Rule of Law Pub Date : 2023-11-03 DOI: 10.1007/s40803-023-00199-9

Patrick Lenta

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EU Responses to the Democratic Deficit and the Rule of Law Crisis: Is It Time for a (New) European Exceptionalism? 欧盟对民主赤字和法治危机的回应：是时候实行（新的）欧洲例外主义了吗？

IF 2.2 2区社会学

Hague Journal on the Rule of Law Pub Date : 2023-08-14 DOI: 10.1007/s40803-023-00198-w

Roila Mavrouli, Arnaud VAN WAEYENBERGE

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A Primacy of Privileges? Urban Constitutionalism, the Rule of Law and Late Medieval Bruges 特权至上？城市宪政、法治与中世纪晚期布鲁日

IF 2.2 2区社会学

Hague Journal on the Rule of Law Pub Date : 2023-08-01 DOI: 10.1007/s40803-023-00193-1

Niels Fieremans

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