Through selective activism towards greater resilience: the Czech Constitutional Court's interventions into high politics in the age of populism
Identifikátory výsledku
Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14220%2F21%3A00119388" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14220/21:00119388 - isvavai.cz</a>
Výsledek na webu
<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13642987.2021.2003337" target="_blank" >https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13642987.2021.2003337</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13642987.2021.2003337" target="_blank" >10.1080/13642987.2021.2003337</a>
Alternativní jazyky
Jazyk výsledku
angličtina
Název v původním jazyce
Through selective activism towards greater resilience: the Czech Constitutional Court's interventions into high politics in the age of populism
Popis výsledku v původním jazyce
With technocratic populist Andrej Babiš leading the Czech government coalition, the country has experienced some democratic backsliding. In contrast to its Hungarian and Polish counterparts, however, the Czech Constitutional Court has been spared from executive capture. This article argues that resilient constitutional courts may act as one of the key safeguards against illiberal populism. We demonstrate that resilient constitutional courts are products of an institutional framework, which prevents court-packing by loyal allies of populist leaders, and of courts’ activities that increase their reputation with the public, thus making political attacks against them overly costly. We argue that the Czech Constitutional Court has exercised an approach of selective judicial activism that focuses on keeping political competition fair while avoiding involvement in controversial socially transformative judicial decision-making which would outrage large parts of the population. Moreover, by acting as a guardian of fair political competition, the Court contributed to the further fragmentation of the political landscape, which in turn prevented the accumulation of political power, and hence the Court shielded itself from political attacks.
Název v anglickém jazyce
Through selective activism towards greater resilience: the Czech Constitutional Court's interventions into high politics in the age of populism
Popis výsledku anglicky
With technocratic populist Andrej Babiš leading the Czech government coalition, the country has experienced some democratic backsliding. In contrast to its Hungarian and Polish counterparts, however, the Czech Constitutional Court has been spared from executive capture. This article argues that resilient constitutional courts may act as one of the key safeguards against illiberal populism. We demonstrate that resilient constitutional courts are products of an institutional framework, which prevents court-packing by loyal allies of populist leaders, and of courts’ activities that increase their reputation with the public, thus making political attacks against them overly costly. We argue that the Czech Constitutional Court has exercised an approach of selective judicial activism that focuses on keeping political competition fair while avoiding involvement in controversial socially transformative judicial decision-making which would outrage large parts of the population. Moreover, by acting as a guardian of fair political competition, the Court contributed to the further fragmentation of the political landscape, which in turn prevented the accumulation of political power, and hence the Court shielded itself from political attacks.
Klasifikace
Druh
J<sub>imp</sub> - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science
CEP obor
—
OECD FORD obor
50501 - Law
Návaznosti výsledku
Projekt
<a href="/cs/project/GA17-10100S" target="_blank" >GA17-10100S: Mimoprávní vlivy na rozhodování Ústavního soudu</a><br>
Návaznosti
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Ostatní
Rok uplatnění
2021
Kód důvěrnosti údajů
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Údaje specifické pro druh výsledku
Název periodika
International Journal of Human Rights
ISSN
1364-2987
e-ISSN
1744-053X
Svazek periodika
26
Číslo periodika v rámci svazku
1
Stát vydavatele periodika
GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska
Počet stran výsledku
23
Strana od-do
1-22
Kód UT WoS článku
000722756200001
EID výsledku v databázi Scopus
2-s2.0-85119967739