Chief justices and democratic resilience: Judicial leadership in times of constitutional crisis
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14220%2F25%3A00143332" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14220/25:00143332 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://academic.oup.com/icon/article/23/1/148/8168990" target="_blank" >https://academic.oup.com/icon/article/23/1/148/8168990</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icon/moaf021" target="_blank" >10.1093/icon/moaf021</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Chief justices and democratic resilience: Judicial leadership in times of constitutional crisis
Original language description
This article introduces a symposium examining the role of chief justices in sustaining—or undermining—democratic resilience during periods of constitutional crisis. Moving beyond traditional accounts of judicial independence and accountability, the authors develop a tripartite framework of judicial leadership, distinguishing between jurisprudential, administrative, and representational powers. Drawing on comparative case studies from democracies under stress, the article shows how chief justices operate as pivotal institutional actors whose leadership can either resist democratic backsliding or facilitate authoritarian consolidation. The analysis highlights how leadership capacity is shaped by institutional design, appointment mechanisms, personal characteristics, historical legitimacy, and domestic and transnational support structures. In doing so, the article reframes judicial legitimacy as a dynamic construct that is actively produced through leadership practices, particularly in contexts where courts face sustained political attack.
Czech name
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Czech description
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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
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
ICON-International Journal of Constitutional Law
ISSN
1474-2640
e-ISSN
1474-2659
Volume of the periodical
23
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
12
Pages from-to
148-159
UT code for WoS article
001518760000001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105012317404