The instrumental abuse of constitutional courts: how populists can use constitutional courts against the opposition
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13642987.2022.2108017" target="_blank" >10.1080/13642987.2022.2108017</a>
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The instrumental abuse of constitutional courts: how populists can use constitutional courts against the opposition
Original language description
If populists capture the constitutional court, the system of separation of powers will change. The constitutional court does not act as a counterweight to the ruling majority but rather as a tool for the ruling majority itself to advance its interests. This article unpacks this aspect of populist constitutionalism, which I referred to as the instrumental abuse of constitutional courts. Most importantly, it presents and analyses five different techniques by which populists can abuse the constitutional court as an instrument against opposition. These techniques are the 'governing, do not disturb' technique, consisting in not quashing unconstitutional acts; the legitimation technique, through which populists justify their actions; the delegation technique, through which populists shift responsibility for potentially unpopular actions to the constitutional court; the outright counter-opposition technique, through which populists can achieve the liquidation of their opponents; and the extra-legal technique, involving the use of the authority of judges in the media.
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50501 - Law
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
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Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
International Journal of Human Rights
ISSN
1364-2987
e-ISSN
1744-053X
Volume of the periodical
26
Issue of the periodical within the volume
7
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
21
Pages from-to
1160-1180
UT code for WoS article
000836621300001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85136757068