Andreea Maierean

My PhD project contributes to the academic debate that focuses on the role of lustration in Central and Eastern Europe. In the context of post-communist transitions, the Lustration Laws are the legal instruments that authorize government action in screening procedures of candidates for high positions in the state. Such laws are a key feature of how the new democracies addressed the question of transitional justice and thus, represent a fundamental problem in the literature on democratization. In order to explore the various models of the Lustration Laws, I will focus in my thesis on the cases of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania and Poland.