The Dynamics of Proportionality: Constitutional Courts and the Review of COVID-19 Regulations

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14220%2F24%3A00139889" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14220/24:00139889 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/german-law-journal/article/dynamics-of-proportionality-constitutional-courts-and-the-review-of-covid19-regulations/6F519F4528D94BD4A9CAACBE83A8678B" target="_blank" >https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/german-law-journal/article/dynamics-of-proportionality-constitutional-courts-and-the-review-of-covid19-regulations/6F519F4528D94BD4A9CAACBE83A8678B</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/glj.2023.96" target="_blank" >10.1017/glj.2023.96</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The Dynamics of Proportionality: Constitutional Courts and the Review of COVID-19 Regulations
Original language description
The COVID-19 pandemic has made it clear that even when using trusted legal tools, courts may run into challenging problems. Governments reacted to an unprecedented (at least in the context of post-WW2 era of fundamental rights) global crisis by adopting measures that drastically limited fundamental rights in order to protect the lives and health of many. Courts, of course, were entrusted with protecting fundamental rights against governmental overreach. The question was, how strict should the courts be when reviewing governmental acts. On the one hand, they could have relied on substantive proportionality assessment. This option, however was virtually ignored and most courts have opted for a deferential approach. This article analyzes both of these approaches, their strengths and weaknesses, but ultimately it argues that a third option - semiprocedural review - is the best way out of this judicial conundrum. Relying on comparative as well as theoretical arguments, it argues that semiprocedural review is the best way to deal with challenging empirical question - even under conditions of epistemological uncertainty.
Czech name
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Czech description
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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

Project
<a href="/en/project/VI04000096" target="_blank" >VI04000096: Freedom of Movement Restrictions: Technological Opportunities and Constitutional Limits</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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