Decay or Erosion? The Role of Informal Institutions in Challenges Faced by Democratic Judiciaries

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<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14220%2F23%3A00133880" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14220/23:00133880 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/german-law-journal/article/decay-or-erosion-the-role-of-informal-institutions-in-challenges-faced-by-democratic-judiciaries/8290F147BE0E4B66DCF6871AC545027F" target="_blank" >https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/german-law-journal/article/decay-or-erosion-the-role-of-informal-institutions-in-challenges-faced-by-democratic-judiciaries/8290F147BE0E4B66DCF6871AC545027F</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/glj.2023.89" target="_blank" >10.1017/glj.2023.89</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Decay or Erosion? The Role of Informal Institutions in Challenges Faced by Democratic Judiciaries

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

De-democratization may take the form of executive-led attacks as well as incremental decrepitude, gradual emptying of underlying constitutional values, and state inertia. Contrary to general wisdom, both exogenous erosion and endogenous decay are heavily affected by informality. As courts are often the first institutions affected by de-democratization, this Article analyzes informality in erosion and decay of judicial institutions. It argues that such institutions interact with democracy in two core directions. The first one is endogenous and describes the decay of democratic judiciaries as a result of a long-term incongruence between formal and informal judicial institutions. The second direction captures the gradual erosion of informal institutions that have positive effects on judicial democratic resilience. These two processes, decay and erosion of informal judicial institutions, should not be overlooked. While they are less visible, slower, and often unintentional, they are as dangerous as frontal executive-led attacks on courts, because they significantly increase the window of opportunity for politicians who wish to downgrade the substance of democracy or even implement a regime change.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Decay or Erosion? The Role of Informal Institutions in Challenges Faced by Democratic Judiciaries

Popis výsledku anglicky

De-democratization may take the form of executive-led attacks as well as incremental decrepitude, gradual emptying of underlying constitutional values, and state inertia. Contrary to general wisdom, both exogenous erosion and endogenous decay are heavily affected by informality. As courts are often the first institutions affected by de-democratization, this Article analyzes informality in erosion and decay of judicial institutions. It argues that such institutions interact with democracy in two core directions. The first one is endogenous and describes the decay of democratic judiciaries as a result of a long-term incongruence between formal and informal judicial institutions. The second direction captures the gradual erosion of informal institutions that have positive effects on judicial democratic resilience. These two processes, decay and erosion of informal judicial institutions, should not be overlooked. While they are less visible, slower, and often unintentional, they are as dangerous as frontal executive-led attacks on courts, because they significantly increase the window of opportunity for politicians who wish to downgrade the substance of democracy or even implement a regime change.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50501 - Law

Projekt

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Návaznosti

R - Projekt Ramcoveho programu EK

Rok uplatnění

2023

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

German Law Journal

ISSN

2071-8322

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

24

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

8

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

19

Strana od-do

1577-1595

Kód UT WoS článku

999

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85187504104