The Impact of European Institutions on the Rule of Law and Democracy: Slovenia and Beyond

Acknowledgement of Funders
Contents
List of Authors
List of Abbreviations
1. Constitutional Backsliding in Central and Eastern Europe
in Lieu of Back to Europe
	I. Introduction
	II. The Argument of this Book
	III. Acknowledgments
2. The Genesis of Slovenian Constitutional Democracy
	I. A People that Came from Nowhere
	II. The Road to Independence and Construction of a New Constitutional Legal Order
	III. Slovenia as a Constitutional Democracy
	IV. The Sociology of Slovenian Constitutional Order
	V. A Semi-Permanent Transition and the New Normal
3. Historical Reasons for Failures of the Rule of Law and Constitutional
Democracy in Slovenia
	I. Introduction
	II. The Pitfalls of the Past
	III. Transitional Justice Measures
	IV. The Impact of the Unresolved Past on the Rule of Law and Democracy
	V. Conclusion
4. The (Non) Reforms of Slovenia’s Economy
	I. Introduction
	II. Slovenia's Economy in the 19th and the Early 20th century
	III. The Centrally Planned Times of the SFRY and the Pretransition Era
	IV. State of Play after Independence
	V. The Crash: The 2008 Global Financial Crisis
	VI. Differences in Some Policies
	VII. Analysis of Different Economic Concepts
	VIII. Conclusion
5. The Current Crises of Human Rights Protection, the Rule of Law
and Democracy in Slovenia
	I. Introduction
	II. The Current Crises of Human Rights Protection in Slovenia
	III. The Current Crises of the Rule of Law and
Constitutional Democracy in Slovenia
	IV. Theorising Reasons for the Current Crises of the Rule of Law And Constitutional Democracy in Slovenia
	V. Conclusion
6. The Judiciary and the Rule of Law in Slovenia
	I. Introduction
	II. Systemic Violation of the Right to a Trial in a Reasonable Time
	III. Challenges to Judicial Independence
	IV. Impartiality of the Judiciary
	V. Ordinary Courts and Human Rights Protection
	VI. Distrust of the Judiciary
	VII. Conclusion
7. The Vicious Circle of Slovenian Democracy
	I. Introduction
	II. Three Crises of Input Legitimacy
	III. The Crisis of Throughput Democratic Legitimacy
	IV. The Crisis of Output Legitimacy
	V. Conclusion
8. Freedom of Press under Stress in Slovenia
	I. Introduction
	II. The Constitutional and Institutional Frameworks of Press Freedom in Slovenia
	III. Freedom of the Press under Stress in Slovenia
	IV. Overall Assessment
	V. Conclusion
9. Welfare State and Solidarity in Slovenia
	I. Introduction
	II. (In)equality, Equal Capabilities and Socioeconomic Livehoods in Slovenia
	III. The Normative Protections of Welfare State and Socioeconomic Rights in Slovenia
	IV. Regional Inequality in Slovenia
	V. The Impact of Weak Rule of Law and Constitutional Democracy on the Level of Welfare State and Socioeconomic Rights in Slovenia
	VI. The Future of the Welfare State and Human Development in Slovenia
	VII. Conclusion
10. The Influence of the Council of Europe on the Rule of Law in Slovenia
	I. Introductory Remarks
	II. The European Commission for Democracy through Law
	III. The Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe
	IV. The European Court of Human Rights
	V. Conclusion
11. The Impact of the European Union on Constitutional
Democracy in Slovenia
	I. Pre-Accession Phase
	II. Poster-Child Membership Phase
	III. Post-Crisis Phase
	IV. Conclusion
12. The Case for a Resilient Constitutional Democracy
	I. The Concentric Circles of Western Democratic Decay
	II. In Pursuit of a Resilient Constitutional Democracy
	III. Why Is the East More Fragile than the West?
	IV. Democratic and Academic Decay
	V. Making the Case for a Resilient Constitutional Democracy
	VI. What Can the Council of Europe Add to its Existing Activities to Strengthen the Resilience of Constitutional Democracy in CEE Countries?
	VII. By Way of Conclusion: Concrete Proposals for the Reform of Slovenia's Constitutional Democracy
Bibliography
Index