Professor Bojan Bugarič
Email:
B.Bugaric@sheffield.ac.uk
I was appointed to a chair at Sheffield in September 2018. Before coming to Sheffield, I lectured at the University of Ljubljana. I have held visiting positions at the University of Trento, the University of California School of Law in Los Angeles and at the Center for European Studies, Harvard University. I teach and research in the fields of constitutional law, comparative constitutional law, public law, EU law, law and democracy and law and development, broadly conceived. I am currently working on two projects, each of which is concerned with the development of the rule of law and democracy in different comparative and institutional settings.
I studied law as an undergraduate at the University of Ljubljana, graduated (LL.M) at the UCLA,Los Angeles, and wrote my doctorate at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. I served as Deputy Minister at the Ministry of the Interior in the Slovenian government from 2000-2004.
- The false promise of constitutionalism. AJIL Unbound, 117(2023), 263-268.
- Work, family, Fatherland : the political economy of populism in Central and Eastern Europe. Journal of European Public Policy, 29(2), 176-195.
- Populism and constitutionalism : an essay on definitions and their implications. Cardozo Law Review, 42(6), 2346-2393. View this article in WRRO.
- Can Law Protect Democracy? Legal Institutions as “Speed Bumps”. Hague Journal on the Rule of Law, 11(2-3), 447-450.
- Could populism be good for constitutional democracy?. Annual Review of Law and Social Science, 15(1), 41-58.
- Central Europe’s descent into autocracy : a constitutional analysis of authoritarian populism. International Journal of Constitutional Law, 17(2), 597-616. View this article in WRRO
- Introduction: Populist constitutionalism: Varieties, complexities, and contradictions. German Law Journal, 20(3), 291-295.
- The two faces of populism: Between authoritarian and democratic populism. German Law Journal, 20(3), 390-400. View this article in WRRO
- Administrative Law Developments in Post-Communist Slovenia: Between West European Ideals and East European Reality. European Public Law, 22(1), 25-48.
- The right to democracy in a populist era. AJIL Unbound, 112, 79-83.
- Varieties of Populism in Europe: Is the Rule of Law in Danger?. Hague Journal on the Rule of Law, 10(1), 21-33.
- Neoliberalism, Post-Communism, and the Law. Annual Review of Law and Social Science, 12(1), 313-329.
- The assault on postcommunist courts. Journal of Democracy, 27(3), 69-82.
- A Day in the Life of Post-Communist Europe. Hague Journal on the Rule of Law, 8(1), 183-190.
- The Rule of Law Derailed: Lessons from the Post-Communist World. Hague Journal on the Rule of Law, 7(2), 175-197.
- Slovenia in crisis: A tale of unfinished democratization in East-Central Europe. Communist and Post-Communist Studies, 48(4), 273-279.
- Unfinished Europe : transition from communism to democracy in central and eastern Europe. Journal of Contemporary History, 50(4), 768-785.
- Development after the Global Financial Crisis: The Emerging Post Washington, Post Beijing Consensus. UCLA Journal of International Law and Foreign Affairs, 19, 89-109.
- A crisis of constitutional democracy in post-Communist Europe: “Lands in-between” democracy and authoritarianism. International Journal of Constitutional Law, 13(1), 219-245.
- The Emerging Post Washington, Post Beijing Consensus: Prospects and Pitfalls.
- Populism, liberal democracy, and the rule of law in Central and Eastern Europe. Communist and Post-Communist Studies, 41(2), 191-203.
- Formalna vs. vsebinska demokracija: o vlogi pravne države v Sloveniji. Revus(6), 7-12.
- Courts as Policy-Makers: Lessons from Transition. Harvard International Law Journal, 42(1).
- Pravni vidiki sodelovanja javnosti pri pripravi in sprejemanju predpisov. Central European Public Administration Review, 3(1).
- Evropsko upravno pravo: trendi in izzivi. Central European Public Administration Review, 2(2).
- Power to the People: Constitutionalism in the Age of Populism. Oxford University Press.
- Economic Sanctions, Autocratization, and Human Security, Legal Resistance to Autocracy (pp. 350-375). Routledge
- Resisting Autocratization, Legal Resistance to Autocracy (pp. 219-245). Routledge
- The resurgence of nationalist-populism in post-communist Europe: a longue durée perspective, Constitutional Traditions and Constitutional Transitions (pp. 84-110). Edward Elgar Publishing
- The neo-liberal bias of the EU constitutional order: a critical analysis, Research Handbook on the Politics of Constitutional Law (pp. 386-409). Edward Elgar Publishing
- The Rise of Nationalist-Authoritarian Populism and the Crisis of Liberal Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe, Constitutionalism under Stress (pp. 21-38). Oxford University PressOxford
- The populist backlash against Europe : why only alternative economic and social policies can stop the rise of populism in Europe In Bignami F (Ed.), EU Law in Populist Times : Crises and Prospects (pp. 477-504). Cambridge University Press View this article in WRRO
- Protecting Democracy inside the EU, Reinforcing Rule of Law Oversight in the European Union (pp. 82-102). Cambridge University Press
- Slovenia in crisis: From a success story to a failed state?, Slovenia Social Economic and Environmental Issues (pp. 55-69).
- Law and Development in Central and Eastern Europe, Law and Development of Middle-Income Countries (pp. 131-155). Cambridge University Press
- Law and development in central and Eastern Europe: The neoliberal developmental state and its problems, Law and Development of Middle Income Countries Avoiding the Middle Income Trap (pp. 131-155).