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Title: Legal Culture and Identity in Central and Eastern Europe

Legal Culture and Identity in Central and Eastern Europe

by Áron Fábián (Volume editor) Márton Matyasovszky-Németh (Volume editor)
©2026 Edited Collection 120 Pages
History & Political Science
Series: Central and Eastern European Forum for Legal, Political, and Social Theory Yearbook, Volume 13

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Summary

Legal culture has in recent years generated a lively scholarly discourse. This ranges from theoretical attempts to conceptualise and categorise legal cultures, to empirical efforts to measure it. Central and Eastern Europe presents a unique case study: shared experience of empires, of socialism, and a future in the EU, as well as life on the periphery bind the region together. At the same time, we are seeing a resurgence of the concepts of national legal and constitutional identities. These emphasise national characteristics and interests in the face of an ever-closer integration. Appropriately, this volume brings together scholars from different backgrounds to shed light on these issues using a range of different foci and methodologies.

Details

Pages
120
Publication Year
2026
ISBN (Hardcover)
9783631908556
Language
English
Keywords
Theories of legal culture in Central and Eastern Europe Experiences of periphery Central and Eastern Legal Family Experiences of Empire and Socialist law in Central and Eastern Europe Constitutional identities
Published
Berlin, Bruxelles, Chennai, Lausanne, New York, Oxford, 2026. 120 pp.
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Biographical notes

Áron Fábián (Volume editor) Márton Matyasovszky-Németh (Volume editor)

Áron Fábián is a senior lecturer at Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Budapest. From 2021 to 2025, he served as Deputy Director of Bibó István College for Advanced Studies at ELTE. His main research interests are analytic legal philosophy and political philosophy, with a strong focus on incorporating socio-legal insights therein. Márton Matyasovszky-Németh is a senior lecturer at Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Budapest, and research fellow at Széchenyi University, Győr. From 2021 to 2025, he served as Director of Bibó István College for Advanced Studies at ELTE. His research focuses on the localization of human rights, with particular emphasis on the role of social stability and social rights in socio-legal theory.

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