Central and Eastern European constitutionalism a quarter century after the fall of the Berlin Wall: Introduction to the symposium

More than quarter century after the fall of Communism-not a single episode, of course, but a sequence punctuated by such events as the 1989 Round Table in Poland leading to the first non-Communist government in the region; the fall of the Berlin Wall followed by the reunification of Germany; the "Velvet Revolution" in Czechoslovakia; and much bloodier events in Romania, etc.-I∙CON decided to devote this Symposium to current constitutional developments and trends in the region of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Enough time has passed since 1989 and its immediate aftermath to take stock, but the quarter-century span that encompasses the new constitutional trajectory at stake remains short enough to underscore that constitutionalism in the region is still a work-in-progress.