Remembrance of the past as a justification for decisions crucial for the present: On Latvia’s struggle with Tatjana Zhdanok and Tatjana Zhdanok with the Latvian state Cover Image

Pamięć o przeszłości jako uzasadnienie decyzji kluczowych dla teraźniejszości. O zmaganiach Łotwy z Tatjaną Żdanok i Tatjany Żdanok z państwem łotewskim
Remembrance of the past as a justification for decisions crucial for the present: On Latvia’s struggle with Tatjana Zhdanok and Tatjana Zhdanok with the Latvian state

Author(s): Filip Cyuńczyk
Subject(s): Constitutional Law, Government/Political systems, Politics and law, Politics of History/Memory
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego
Keywords: dealing with the past; constitutionalism; the rule of law; Baltic States; collective memory;

Summary/Abstract: The present article outlines the conflict between the representative of the pro-Kremlin part of the Russian minority in Latvia and the local political community. The case will be presented in the broader context of the problems that emerge due to the constitutionalisation of new democratic communities after the fall of communism, the issues of the rule of law together, with questions of its unlimited inclusiveness. By discussing the case of Tatiana Zhdanok in a broad socio-political and historical context, it will be possible to reflect on Central European dilemmas concerning the values considered to be leading within the political community.

  • Issue Year: 45/2023
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 161-180
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Polish
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