From Parliament to Courtroom: Judicial Review of Legislation as a Political Tool in the Czech Republic
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14230%2F16%3A00087777" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14230/16:00087777 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0888325414561784" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0888325414561784</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0888325414561784" target="_blank" >10.1177/0888325414561784</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
From Parliament to Courtroom: Judicial Review of Legislation as a Political Tool in the Czech Republic
Original language description
The Czech Constitutional Court has gained a strong position within the political system. This article examines the judicial review of legislation from the point of view of the relation between the court and the parliament. The authors analyze trends in the use of petitions proposing the annulment of statutes, who makes use of the petitions, how successful the petitioners are, and what issues the petitions concern. The article pairs a quantitative view with a qualitative analysis of key selected decisions by the court, especially in the sphere of mega-politics. The authors test whether judicial review of legislation serves as a tool for parliamentary opposition. The results show the decisive effects of a legislative majority in the lower house of the parliament. If the government lacks a majority, the use of judicial review of legislation as an oppositional tool fades. Also important is the weakness of the upper house, which makes senators more likely to resort to using judicial review of legislation.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
AD - Political sciences
OECD FORD branch
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Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GAP408%2F11%2F0790" target="_blank" >GAP408/11/0790: The opposition agreement period: context, structure, and impacts on Czech politics</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2016
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
East European Politics and Societies
ISSN
0888-3254
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
30
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
27
Pages from-to
120-146
UT code for WoS article
000368268200007
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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