A new study by Rebeka Kiss and Miklós Sebők, titled “The concept of tailor-made laws and legislative backsliding in Central–Eastern Europe,” has been published in Comparative European Politics. The research examines ‘tailor-made laws’—legislation that codifies individual cases under the guise of general rules—and their role in legislative backsliding within Central–Eastern Europe. The authors argue that these laws, which directly or indirectly affect specific individuals or institutions, serve as empirical markers of the shift from liberal to illiberal democracies. Through case studies, they demonstrate how such laws are used to implement discretionary reward and punishment policies, potentially undermining the broader public interest.
The full study is available here.
Kiss, R., Sebők, M. (2025). The concept of tailor-made laws and legislative backsliding in Central–Eastern Europe. Comparative European Politics.