Pandemic of Populists

Wojciech Sadurski is Challis Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Sydney and Professor of the Centre for Europe at the University of Warsaw; formerly Professor and Head of Department of Law at the European University Institute in Florence. He is author of several books, most recently Poland's Constitutional Breakdown (2019) and Constitutionalism and the Enlargement of Europe (2012). He regularly teaches, as visiting professor, in top universities around the world, including at Yale and New York Universities.

• 1. Why populisms?; 2. The war on institutions; 3. Constitutions: breaches, abuses, and literal democracy; 4. Courts: the least resilient branch; 5. Paranoia; 6. Democracy diseased: populism in the time of Covid; 7. Antidotes, remedies, and miracles; Annex: country selection explanation.

'A renowned expert in constitutionalism, Wojciech Sadurski offers a sophisticated analysis of populism as it pertains to the current situation, particularly in Poland and Hungary, but also in India, the Philippines, Brazil and Venezuela. This innovative analysis of the relationship of populists in power to courts is complemented by equally original discussion of populism in the time of COVID, and of the antidotes that might work against populists in and out of power. The book is excellent and should be read by everyone interested in the topic.' Jean L. Cohen, Columbia University