Erosion and Decline of the Rule of Law in Post-Communism : An Introduction / Andrds Sajo -- Part I. Out of authoritarianism -- Transitional Justice as Liberal Narrative / Ruti Teitel -- Hungarian Criminal Court Cases Concerning the (Retribution of the) 1956 Revolution / Krisztina Morvai -- Truth and Reconciliation in South Africa : The Third Way / Alex Boraine -- Justice without Punishment : Guaranteeing Human Rights in Transitional Societies / Paul van Zyl -- Constitutional Democracy or How to Prevent the Rule of the People / Nenad Dimitrijevic -- The Democratic Limits to Authoritarianism in Democracy (When the State Knows Better What is Good for the People) / Leszek Lech Garlicki -- The Making of the Hungarian Constitution / Gabor Halmai -- Part II. Into authoritarian law -- The Inherent Authoritarianism in Democratic Regimes / Richard H. Pildes -- Police Power for a New Century? : Constitutional Traps and Constitutional Options Regarding Some Authoritarian Trends in Police Law / Susanne Baer -- Losing Track of Democracy : Post-Totalitarian Policing in Hungary / Istvan Szikinger -- Public Administration and the Tendency to Authoritarianism / Denis J. Galligan -- On Post-Fascism : How Citizenship is Becoming an Exclusive Privilege / G.M. Tamas -- The Quality of Civility : Post-Anti-Communist Thoughts on Civil Society and the Rule of Law / Martin Krygier -- The Unmaking of Hungarian Constitutionalism? / Gabor Halmai -- The Republic of Belarus : The Road from the Past to the Past / Alexander Vashkevich.