Edited by Martin Belov, Professor of Constitutional Law, Faculty of Law, University of Sofia ‘St. Kliment Ohridski’, Bulgaria and Antoni Abat i Ninet, Universitat autònoma de Barcelona, Spain

'A novel and sophisticated collection of essays on some of the most fascinating questions in constitutional and political theory. Associating socio-legal memory and oblivion with constitutional and political transitions, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in how constitutions affect - and react to - the past, present and future, through revolutions, amendments and judicial interpretation. This rich blend of multidisciplinary perspectives on constitutional ordering and disordering is an original and important contribution to the study of constitutionalism and constitutional change.'

• Contents:Introduction xiMartin Belov and Antoni Abat i NinetPART I CONSTITUTION, REVOLUTION, AND LAW1 Conceptualising the relationship between revolutions andconstitutions 2Antoni Abat i Ninet2 Revolution and interpretation: what is a legal revolution? 18Xavier Souvignet3 Revolution in law 31Yanaki Stoilov4 Constitutional revolutions beyond liberalism: a realist critique 54Acar KutayPART II NORMATIVIST DISCOURSES ON LEGALAND CONSTITUTIONAL REVOLUTION5 The basic norm at the time of the revolution 71Monika Zalewska6 On the Kelsenian concept of revolution: a theory of therelationship between social and legal revolution and thecase of the first Bulgarian constitutional transition (1944–1947) 91Simeon GroysmanPART III CONSTITUTIONAL REVOLUTION ANDCONSTITUTIONAL TRANSITION –BETWEEN MEMORY AND OBLIVION7 Constitutional memories: how do constitutions cope withconstitutional past 107Martin Belov8 The art of using legal fiction as a legal revolution solution:the case of Vichy 126Emmanuel Cartier9 The interim constitution in time of transition: betweenconstitutional amendment and constitutional revolution 144Aleksandar TsekovPART IV CONSTITUTION-MAKING,UNCONSTITUTIONAL CONSTITUTIONALAMENDMENTS AND PRO-AUTHORITARIANDRIFTING OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL ORDER10 Constitution-making processes in Europe since the SecondWorld War 168Zoltán Szente11 Why does a constitutional change emerge and whohas a say in it? Constitution-making, constitutionalamendments and their constitutional review in Hungarybetween 2010 and 2018 184Fruzsina Gárdos-Orosz12 Constitutional change through unconstitutional interpretation 210Monika Florczak-Wątor13 Conclusion 231Martin Belov and Antoni Abat i NinetIndex

Edited by Martin Belov, Professor of Constitutional Law, Faculty of Law, University of Sofia ‘St. Kliment Ohridski’, Bulgaria and Antoni Abat i Ninet, Universitat autònoma de Barcelona, Spain

'A novel and sophisticated collection of essays on some of the most fascinating questions in constitutional and political theory. Associating socio-legal memory and oblivion with constitutional and political transitions, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in how constitutions affect - and react to - the past, present and future, through revolutions, amendments and judicial interpretation. This rich blend of multidisciplinary perspectives on constitutional ordering and disordering is an original and important contribution to the study of constitutionalism and constitutional change.'

• Contents:Introduction xiMartin Belov and Antoni Abat i NinetPART I CONSTITUTION, REVOLUTION, AND LAW1 Conceptualising the relationship between revolutions andconstitutions 2Antoni Abat i Ninet2 Revolution and interpretation: what is a legal revolution? 18Xavier Souvignet3 Revolution in law 31Yanaki Stoilov4 Constitutional revolutions beyond liberalism: a realist critique 54Acar KutayPART II NORMATIVIST DISCOURSES ON LEGALAND CONSTITUTIONAL REVOLUTION5 The basic norm at the time of the revolution 71Monika Zalewska6 On the Kelsenian concept of revolution: a theory of therelationship between social and legal revolution and thecase of the first Bulgarian constitutional transition (1944–1947) 91Simeon GroysmanPART III CONSTITUTIONAL REVOLUTION ANDCONSTITUTIONAL TRANSITION –BETWEEN MEMORY AND OBLIVION7 Constitutional memories: how do constitutions cope withconstitutional past 107Martin Belov8 The art of using legal fiction as a legal revolution solution:the case of Vichy 126Emmanuel Cartier9 The interim constitution in time of transition: betweenconstitutional amendment and constitutional revolution 144Aleksandar TsekovPART IV CONSTITUTION-MAKING,UNCONSTITUTIONAL CONSTITUTIONALAMENDMENTS AND PRO-AUTHORITARIANDRIFTING OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL ORDER10 Constitution-making processes in Europe since the SecondWorld War 168Zoltán Szente11 Why does a constitutional change emerge and whohas a say in it? Constitution-making, constitutionalamendments and their constitutional review in Hungarybetween 2010 and 2018 184Fruzsina Gárdos-Orosz12 Constitutional change through unconstitutional interpretation 210Monika Florczak-Wątor13 Conclusion 231Martin Belov and Antoni Abat i NinetIndex

Edited by Martin Belov, Professor of Constitutional Law, Faculty of Law, University of Sofia ‘St. Kliment Ohridski’, Bulgaria and Antoni Abat i Ninet, Universitat autònoma de Barcelona, Spain

'A novel and sophisticated collection of essays on some of the most fascinating questions in constitutional and political theory. Associating socio-legal memory and oblivion with constitutional and political transitions, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in how constitutions affect - and react to - the past, present and future, through revolutions, amendments and judicial interpretation. This rich blend of multidisciplinary perspectives on constitutional ordering and disordering is an original and important contribution to the study of constitutionalism and constitutional change.'

• Contents:Introduction xiMartin Belov and Antoni Abat i NinetPART I CONSTITUTION, REVOLUTION, AND LAW1 Conceptualising the relationship between revolutions andconstitutions 2Antoni Abat i Ninet2 Revolution and interpretation: what is a legal revolution? 18Xavier Souvignet3 Revolution in law 31Yanaki Stoilov4 Constitutional revolutions beyond liberalism: a realist critique 54Acar KutayPART II NORMATIVIST DISCOURSES ON LEGALAND CONSTITUTIONAL REVOLUTION5 The basic norm at the time of the revolution 71Monika Zalewska6 On the Kelsenian concept of revolution: a theory of therelationship between social and legal revolution and thecase of the first Bulgarian constitutional transition (1944–1947) 91Simeon GroysmanPART III CONSTITUTIONAL REVOLUTION ANDCONSTITUTIONAL TRANSITION –BETWEEN MEMORY AND OBLIVION7 Constitutional memories: how do constitutions cope withconstitutional past 107Martin Belov8 The art of using legal fiction as a legal revolution solution:the case of Vichy 126Emmanuel Cartier9 The interim constitution in time of transition: betweenconstitutional amendment and constitutional revolution 144Aleksandar TsekovPART IV CONSTITUTION-MAKING,UNCONSTITUTIONAL CONSTITUTIONALAMENDMENTS AND PRO-AUTHORITARIANDRIFTING OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL ORDER10 Constitution-making processes in Europe since the SecondWorld War 168Zoltán Szente11 Why does a constitutional change emerge and whohas a say in it? Constitution-making, constitutionalamendments and their constitutional review in Hungarybetween 2010 and 2018 184Fruzsina Gárdos-Orosz12 Constitutional change through unconstitutional interpretation 210Monika Florczak-Wątor13 Conclusion 231Martin Belov and Antoni Abat i NinetIndex