Wojciech Sadurski

The University of Sydney - Faculty of Law

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The University of Sydney

Sydney, NSW 2006

Australia

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1.

How Democracy Dies (in Poland): A Case Study of Anti-Constitutional Populist Backsliding

Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 18/01
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 18 Jan 2018
Wojciech Sadurski
The University of Sydney - Faculty of Law
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Poland, Constitution, constitutionalism, democracy, illiberal democracy, democratic theory, Constitutional Court, judicial review, transitional democracy, rule of law, human rights, populism

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Adding a Bite to a Bark? A Story of Article 7, the EU Enlargement, and Jörg Haider

Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 10/01
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 05 Jan 2010
Wojciech Sadurski
The University of Sydney - Faculty of Law
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European Union, Treaty on European Union, European law, EU enlargement, Central and Eastern Europe, human rights

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Commutative, Distributive and Procedural Justice - What Does it Mean, What Does it Matter?

Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 09/79
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 11 Sep 2009
Wojciech Sadurski
The University of Sydney - Faculty of Law
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justice, commutative justice, procedural justice, distributive justice, Rawls

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Constitutional Review in Europe and in the United States: Influences, Paradoxes, and Convergence

COMPARING DEMOCRACIES, M. Fantoni, L. Morlino, eds., Forthcoming, Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 11/15
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 04 Feb 2011 Last Revised: 10 Feb 2011
Wojciech Sadurski
The University of Sydney - Faculty of Law
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Comparative Constitutional Law, Constitutional Courts, Judicial Review, Bills of Rights

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Freedom of the Press and General Theory of Freedom of Speech

Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 11/57
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 07 Sep 2011
Wojciech Sadurski
The University of Sydney - Faculty of Law
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press, media law, freedom of the press, freedom of speech, freedom of expression

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European Constitutional Identity?

Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 06/37
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 24 Oct 2006
Wojciech Sadurski
The University of Sydney - Faculty of Law
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European integration, European Union, identity, constitutional theory, democratic theory, minority protection, constitutional traditions

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Partnering with Strasbourg: Constitutionalization of the European Court of Human Rights, the Accession of Central and East European States to the Council of Europe, and the Idea of Pilot Judgments

Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 08/135, EUI Working Papers LAW No. 2008/33
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 05 Nov 2008 Last Revised: 19 Jan 2014
Wojciech Sadurski
The University of Sydney - Faculty of Law
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European Court of Human Rights, European Convention for Human Rights, constitutional courts, Central and Eastern Europe, constitutionalism, judicial review

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'Solange, Chapter 3': Constitutional Courts in Central Europe - Democracy - European Union

EUI LAW Working Paper No. 2006/40
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 20 Feb 2007
Wojciech Sadurski
The University of Sydney - Faculty of Law
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European law, supremacy, fundamental/human rights, East-Central Europe, European Court of Justice

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Democratic Legitimacy of the European Union: A Diagnosis and Some Modest Proposals

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Democratic Legitimacy of the European Union: A Diagnosis and Some Modest Proposals

Polish Yearbook of International Law, Vol. 32, pp. 9-44, 2013, Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 13/29
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 10 Apr 2013 Last Revised: 29 Sep 2014
Wojciech Sadurski
The University of Sydney - Faculty of Law
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European Union, democracy, legitimacy, European Parliament, public reason, federalism

Democratic Legitimacy of the European Union: A Diagnosis and Some Modest Proposals

Polish Yearbook of International Law, No. 32/2012, pp. 9-44 (2012)
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 15 Jul 2013
Wojciech Sadurski
The University of Sydney - Faculty of Law
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legitimacy, democracy, European Union, European Parliament, European Citizens’ Initiative

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Twenty Years after the Transition: Constitutional Review in Central and Eastern Europe

Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 09/69
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 25 Jul 2009
Wojciech Sadurski
The University of Sydney - Faculty of Law
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Constitutional review, judicial review, constitutional courts, comparative constitutional law, human rights, separation of powers, Central and Eastern Europe, post-communism

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Judicial Review in Central and Eastern Europe: Rationales or Rationalizations?

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Judicial Review in Central and Eastern Europe: Rationales or Rationalizations?

Israel Law Review, Vol. 42, No. 3, pp. 500-527, 2010, Hebrew University International Law Research Paper No. 07-10
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 31 Jan 2010
Wojciech Sadurski
The University of Sydney - Faculty of Law
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Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Constitutional Judicial Review, Constitutional Courts, Activism, Germany, Silence of the Court

Judicial Review in Central and Eastern Europe: Rationales or Rationalizations?

Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 09/38
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 09 May 2009
Wojciech Sadurski
The University of Sydney - Faculty of Law
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comparative constitutional law, judicial review, constitutional review, constitutional courts, Central and Eastern Europe

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Allegro without Vivaldi: Trademark Protection, Freedom of Speech, and Constitutional Balancing

Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 12/08
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 06 Feb 2012
Wojciech Sadurski
The University of Sydney - Faculty of Law
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Freedom of speech, Freedom of expression, European Convention of Human Rights, Intellectual Property, Trademark protection, Trademark dilution, Constitutional balancing, Constitutional rights

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Constitutional Courts in Central Europe - Democracy - European Union

Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 06/54
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 26 Nov 2006
Wojciech Sadurski
The University of Sydney - Faculty of Law
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Constitutional courts, European Union, Solange story, Community law

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On the Relative Irrelevance of Constitutional Design: Lessons from Poland

Sydney Law School Research Paper No. #19/34
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 13 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 15 Jun 2019
Wojciech Sadurski
The University of Sydney - Faculty of Law
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constitutional design, constitutional theory, Poland, Constitutional Tribunal, unwritten norms

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Majority Rule, Democracy, and Populism: Theoretical Considerations

Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 20/01
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 10 Jan 2020
Wojciech Sadurski
The University of Sydney - Faculty of Law
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majority rule, democracy, democratic theory, political equality, equality of opportunity, populism

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Legitimacy of Law in a Liberal State: The Contours of Public Reason

Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 14/08
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 30 Jan 2014
Wojciech Sadurski
The University of Sydney - Faculty of Law
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Liberalism, public reason, legitimacy, John Rawls, Joseph Raz

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Reason of State and Public Reason

Ratio Juris, 2014, Forthcoming, Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 11/68
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 10 Oct 2011 Last Revised: 04 Dec 2013
Wojciech Sadurski
The University of Sydney - Faculty of Law
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public reason, reason of state, legitimacy, liberalism, common good, John Rawls, Pihilp Pettit, Robert Goodin

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Defending Public Reason

Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 14/31
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 20 Mar 2014
Wojciech Sadurski
The University of Sydney - Faculty of Law
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Public reason, liberalism, legitimacy, public justification, John Rawls, Ronald Dworkin, Jeremy Waldron

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Majority Rule, Legitimacy and Political Equality

Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 06/52, EUI Law Working Paper No. 2005/21
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 20 Mar 2006
Wojciech Sadurski
The University of Sydney - Faculty of Law
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equality, political equality, equality of opportunity, voting, democratic theory, political legitimacy

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Constitutionalism and the Enlargement of Europe

Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 12/45
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 06 Jul 2012
Wojciech Sadurski
The University of Sydney - Faculty of Law
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Constitutional theory, Central and Eastern Europe, post-communism, Council of Europe, European Court of Human Rights, European Union, EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, human rights, minority rights, democratization

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Scrutinizing Discrimination: A Conceptual and Normative Analysis of Legal Equality

Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 06/24, European University Institute Law Working Paper No. 2005/19
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 21 Mar 2006
Wojciech Sadurski
The University of Sydney - Faculty of Law
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Equality, equality before the law, discrimination, strict scrutiny, proportionality, affirmative action

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Introduction: Equality and Legitimacy

Wojciech Sadurski, EQUALITY AND LEGITIMACY, Introduction, Oxford University Press, May 2008, Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 08/88
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 14 May 2008 Last Revised: 30 Jul 2008
Wojciech Sadurski
The University of Sydney - Faculty of Law
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equality, justice, legitimacy, democracy, majority rule

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Law's Legitimacy and 'Democracy-Plus'

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Law's Legitimacy and 'Democracy-Plus'

Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 06/27
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 16 Oct 2006
Wojciech Sadurski
The University of Sydney - Faculty of Law
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Democratic theory, philosophy of law, legitimacy, obligation to obey, constitutional theory

Law's Legitimacy and 'Democracy-Plus'

Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. 26, No. 2, pp. 377-409, 2006
Posted: 29 Feb 2008
Wojciech Sadurski
The University of Sydney - Faculty of Law

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Law's Legitimacy and 'Democracy-Plus'

EUI Law Working Paper No. 2005/18
Posted: 30 Mar 2006
Wojciech Sadurski
The University of Sydney - Faculty of Law

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Democratic theory, philosophy of law, legitimacy, obligation to obey, constitutional theory

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Supranational Public Reason: Part One - A Theory

Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 15/02
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 23 Jan 2015
Wojciech Sadurski
The University of Sydney - Faculty of Law
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Legitimacy, Public Reason, Democracy, Supranational authorities, John Rawls

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Transitional Constitutionalism versus the Rule of Law?

Hague Journal on the Rule of Law, Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 337-355, 2016, Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 16/56
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 24 Jun 2016 Last Revised: 19 Oct 2016
Wojciech Sadurski
The University of Sydney - Faculty of Law
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Rule of law, transitional constitutionalism, decommunisation, lustration, statutes of limitation, constitution-making

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Law of Ritual Slaughter and the Principle of Religious Equality

Journal of Law, Religion and State, Forthcoming, Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 16/84
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 15 Sep 2016
Aleksandra Gliszczynska-Grabias and Wojciech Sadurski
Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences - Poznan Human Rights Centre and The University of Sydney - Faculty of Law
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Religious Equality, Ritual Slaughter, European Court of Human Rights, Freedom of Religion, Constitutional Tribunal, Poland, United States, Public Morals

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Rule of Law v. the Rule of Men and Women: What’s in the Distinction? A Very Short Essay for Martin Krygier

Sydney Law School Research Paper No. #19/64
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 24 Oct 2019 Last Revised: 07 Dec 2019
Wojciech Sadurski
The University of Sydney - Faculty of Law
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rule of law, public reason, Martin Krygier, Friedrich A Hayek, Thomas Nagel

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Rights and Moral Reasoning: An Unstated Assumption

EUI Working Papers LAW No. 2007/38
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 14 Feb 2008
Wojciech Sadurski
The University of Sydney - Faculty of Law
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judges, judicial reasoning, moral reasoning, Jeremy Waldron, John Rawls

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Judicial Review and Public Reason

COMPARATIVE JUDICIAL REVIEW, Rosalind Dixon, Erin F. Delaney, eds, Edward Elgar, UK, 2017, Forthcoming, Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 17/38
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 10 May 2017
Wojciech Sadurski
The University of Sydney - Faculty of Law
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Public reason, judicial review, legitimacy, legislation, freedom of religion, John Rawls, Aharon Barak, Canada, United States, Germany

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Is There Public Reason in Strasbourg?

Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 15/46
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 08 May 2015
Wojciech Sadurski
The University of Sydney - Faculty of Law
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European Court of Human Right, Public reason, Proportionality, Protection of morals, Legitimacy

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Common Good and Respect for Persons

Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 13/91
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 03 Dec 2013
Wojciech Sadurski
The University of Sydney - Faculty of Law
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Common good, respect, Public reason, Paternalism, Freedom, Coercion, Political Equality, Philip Pettit, John Rawls, Ronald Dworkin, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Bruce Ackerman

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Welfare, Resources, and Luck-Egalitarianism

European University Institute Law Working Paper No. 2007/05
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 08 Mar 2007
Wojciech Sadurski
The University of Sydney - Faculty of Law
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equality, non-discrimination, social justice

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Supranational Public Reason: Part 2: Practice

Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 15/22
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 26 Mar 2015
Wojciech Sadurski
The University of Sydney - Faculty of Law
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Legitimacy, supranationalism, globalization, international courts and tribunals, European Court of Human Rights, Inter-American Court of Human Rights, WTO, proportionality

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Introduction to 'Legitimacy: The State and Beyond'

Wojciech Sadurski, Michael Sevel and Kevin Walton (eds), "Legitimacy: The State and Beyond", Oxford University Press, 2019, Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 18/60
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 03 Oct 2018 Last Revised: 18 Apr 2019
Wojciech Sadurski, Michael Sevel and Kevin Walton
The University of Sydney - Faculty of Law, The University of Sydney - Faculty of Law and Sydney Law School
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Legitimacy, international law, sovereignty, rule of law, legal institutions, constitutionalism, legal theory

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Public Reason in the Universe of Reasons

Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 15/95
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 31 Oct 2015
Wojciech Sadurski
The University of Sydney - Faculty of Law
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Public Reason, Exclusionary Reasons, Joseph Raz, Bernard Williams, Gilbert Harman, John Rawls, Liberalism

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Two Concepts of Social Equality: What Luck Has Got to Do With it?

European University Institute Law Working Paper No. 2007/04
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 08 Mar 2007
Wojciech Sadurski
The University of Sydney - Faculty of Law
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equality, non-discrimination, social justice, paternalism

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Searching for Illicit Motives: Constitutional Theory of Freedom of Speech, Equal Protection, and Separation of State and Religion

Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 14/61
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 03 Jul 2014
Wojciech Sadurski
The University of Sydney - Faculty of Law
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Constitutional theory, Public reason, Legitimacy, Unconstitutional motives, legislative motivations, Freedom of Speech, Viewpoint neutrality, Equal protection, Suspect classifications, Freedom of religion, Establishment Clause

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Motives and Effects in the US Constitutional Law and Theory

Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 14/43
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 05 May 2014
Wojciech Sadurski
The University of Sydney - Faculty of Law
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Constitutional law, constitutional theory, legislative motivations, discrimination, strict scrutiny

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Arbitrariness of Social and Natural Differences: Luck, Lottery, and Equality

EUI Working Paper No. 2007/05
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 18 May 2007
Wojciech Sadurski
The University of Sydney - Faculty of Law
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social justice, equality

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Nationalism, Sovereignty and Human Rights in the Transitional Central and East European States After Democratic Revolutions of 1989

Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 12/79
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 26 Oct 2012
Wojciech Sadurski
The University of Sydney - Faculty of Law
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Central Europe, constitutionalism, European Union, sovereignty, human rights

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Fifteen Years Later: Reflections on Realism and Utopia in 'The Law of Peoples' by John Rawls

Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 14/93
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 21 Oct 2014
Wojciech Sadurski
The University of Sydney - Faculty of Law
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John Rawls, international justice, social contract, toleration, human rights, political philosophy

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Illicit Legislative Intentions in the Separation of State and Religion: Comparative Constitutional Insights

Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 17/39
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 15 May 2017
Wojciech Sadurski
The University of Sydney - Faculty of Law
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judicial review, legislative intentions, freedom of religion, separation of state and religion, Australia, Canada, Israel, South Africa, Germany, Richard Fallon

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Partnering with Strasbourg: Constitutionalisation of the European Court of Human Rights, the Accession of Central and East European States to the Council of Europe, and the Idea of Pilot Judgments

Human Rights Law Review, Vol. 9, Issue 3, pp. 397-453, 2009
Posted: 31 Aug 2009
Wojciech Sadurski
The University of Sydney - Faculty of Law

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Rights and Moral Reasoning: An Unstated Assumption-A Comment on Jeremy Waldron's “Judges as Moral Reasoners”

International Journal of Constitutional Law, Vol. 7, Issue 1, pp. 25-45, 2009
Posted: 17 Jan 2009
Wojciech Sadurski
The University of Sydney - Faculty of Law

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Judicial Review and the Protection of Constitutional Rights

Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 275-299, 2002
Posted: 29 Feb 2008
Wojciech Sadurski
The University of Sydney - Faculty of Law

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