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Title:
Vienna online journal on international constitutional law
Publication:
Berlin: De Gruyter
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Online-Ressource
ISSN:
1995-5855
ZDB-ID:
2396245-8 ZDB
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34786396
Keywords:
Zeitschrift
Classification:
Recht
Collection:
Recht
Copyright:
Rights reserved
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Title:
Vienna online journal on international constitutional law
Publication:
Berlin: De Gruyter
Note:
Gesehen am 18.10.23
Volltext auch als Datenbank verfügbar
4032!z LF gelöscht(16-04-13)12!URL-Ä(29-11-13)
Scope:
Online-Ressource
ISSN:
1995-5855
ZDB-ID:
2396245-8 ZDB
VÖBB-Katalog:
34786396
Keywords:
Zeitschrift
Classification:
Recht
Collection:
Recht
Copyright:
Rights reserved
Accessibility:
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Author:
Claus, Laurence
Title:
Courts Against Constitutional Capture
Publication:
Berlin: De Gruyter, 2026
Language:
English
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Abstract: How can courts best help keep constitutional democracy alive? When institutions of constitutional democracy are being captured and turned to creating a different kind of government, decisions of uncaptured courts are uniquely situated to serve as rallying points for democracy’s defenders. This article draws a roadmap for strengthening courts’ prospects of success in protecting a democratic constitution under threat. Courts can strengthen judicial power to protect constitutional democracy in two key ways. First, courts can interpret the constitutional scheme to distribute legislative and executive powers more among people. It is harder for anyone in government to defy court orders that draw boundaries when other power holders benefit from those boundaries. When someone in government is attempting constitutional capture, courts can decide disputes in ways that strengthen countervailing power centers. Second, courts can decide disputes in ways that cultivate a backstop of public support that other participants in government cannot afford to ignore. Through case studies of past confrontations between courts and would-be constitutional capturers, this article identifies modes of judicial reasoning and other features of judicial decision-making that help courts distribute power, grow public support, and navigate the perilous terrain of constitutional capture. The article also draws on comparative constitutional experience to identify future constitutional reforms that would even better secure courts’ capacity to protect constitutional democracy.
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Online-Ressource
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Open Access
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Keywords:
authoritarianism ; judicial reform ; judicial power ; constitutional democracy ; constitutional capture ; judicial reasoning
Classification:
Recht
DDC Group:
340 Recht
URN:
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2609120335162.314765101941
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CC BY
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Author:
Claus, Laurence
Title:
Courts Against Constitutional Capture
Publication:
Berlin: De Gruyter, 2026
Language:
English
Information:
Abstract: How can courts best help keep constitutional democracy alive? When institutions of constitutional democracy are being captured and turned to creating a different kind of government, decisions of uncaptured courts are uniquely situated to serve as rallying points for democracy’s defenders. This article draws a roadmap for strengthening courts’ prospects of success in protecting a democratic constitution under threat. Courts can strengthen judicial power to protect constitutional democracy in two key ways. First, courts can interpret the constitutional scheme to distribute legislative and executive powers more among people. It is harder for anyone in government to defy court orders that draw boundaries when other power holders benefit from those boundaries. When someone in government is attempting constitutional capture, courts can decide disputes in ways that strengthen countervailing power centers. Second, courts can decide disputes in ways that cultivate a backstop of public support that other participants in government cannot afford to ignore. Through case studies of past confrontations between courts and would-be constitutional capturers, this article identifies modes of judicial reasoning and other features of judicial decision-making that help courts distribute power, grow public support, and navigate the perilous terrain of constitutional capture. The article also draws on comparative constitutional experience to identify future constitutional reforms that would even better secure courts’ capacity to protect constitutional democracy.
Scope:
Online-Ressource
Note:
Open Access
Archivierung/Langzeitarchivierung gewährleistet
Keywords:
authoritarianism ; judicial reform ; judicial power ; constitutional democracy ; constitutional capture ; judicial reasoning
Classification:
Recht
DDC Group:
340 Recht
URN:
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2609120335162.314765101941
Collection:
Recht
Copyright:
CC BY
Accessibility:
Free Access

Contents

Table of contents

  • Vienna online journal on international constitutional law (Rights reserved)
  • Integration through the Constitution: From Language and its Territorialization and Non-Territorialization to De-Territorialization by Digitalisation / Suksi, Markku (CC BY)
  • ˜Theœ Inevitability of Marbury v. Madison / Stein, Alex (CC BY)
  • Courts Against Constitutional Capture / Claus, Laurence (CC BY)
  • ˜Theœ Populist Coalition in Israel is Stressed from Orbán’s Loss and is Gaslighting / Roznaʾi, Yaniv (CC BY)
  • Frontmatter (Rights reserved)
  • Sole Architect? How the CJEU Reinvented Europe’s Constitution / Riedl, Benedikt (CC BY)
  • Beyond Words: On How Principles of the Convention on the Rights of the Child Can Improve Outcomes for Children with Communication Disorders / Siren, Kathleen A. (CC BY)
  • ˜Theœ Justiciability of Social Rights and its Methods / Chrysogonos, Kostas C. (CC BY)
  • Is the Venice Commission the World’s De Facto Constitutional Court? / Safta, Marieta (CC BY)
  • Externalisation through a Constitutional Lens / Saunders, Cheryl (CC BY)
  • Frontmatter (Rights reserved)
  • Digital Populist Abuse of Free Speech Clauses and Disinformation: An US–EU Analysis / Monti, Matteo (Rights reserved)
  • ˜Theœ Political Chimera: Was Bangladesh’s Sheikh Hasina Regime Fascist, Authoritarian, Populist or a Mix of all Three? / Roy, Anupam Debashis (CC BY)
  • ˜Theœ Politicization of Judicial Selection in Israel / Lurya, Gai (Rights reserved)
  • Constitutional Democracy, Authoritarian Populism and the EU ‘Rule of Law Conditionality’. It’s the Budget (but Also Time to Reform the EU), Stupid! / Albanesi, Enrico (CC BY)
  • ˜Theœ Socio-Political Origins of the Israeli Second Constitutional Revolution / Mordechay, Nadiv (Rights reserved)
  • Liberal Constitutionalism and Populism in Latin America: A Need for a New Approach? / Benvindo, Juliano Zaiden (Rights reserved)
  • Frontmatter (Rights reserved)
  • Constitutional Perspectives on Populism and the Crisis of Democracy: Introduction to a Comparative and Interdisciplinary Inquiry / Fasone, Cristina (Rights reserved)
  • Erratum to: A Global Comparative Constitutional Analysis of Natural Resources Protection / Ruppel, Oliver C. (CC BY)
  • Constitutional Stability and the Role of Countermajoritarian Rules (or How We Learned to Stop Worrying and Love our Anti-democratic Constitution) / Rodriguez, Daniel B. (Rights reserved)
  • On the Human Right to Dignity in America: Influences, Recognition, and Outcomes / May, James R. (Rights reserved)
  • ˜Theœ Question of the Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendment, and The Duty to Obey the Law / Erdman, Shlomo Michael (Rights reserved)
  • ˜Theœ Law of Constitutional Capture / Claus, Laurence (Rights reserved)
  • Frontmatter (Rights reserved)
  • Comparative Constitutional Law and Intangible Heritage: Lessons from Latin American Law and Jurisprudence / Burckhart, Thiago Rafael (Rights reserved)
  • Judicial Review In Japan: A New Perspective / Jones, Colin P.A. (Rights reserved)
  • How far can you go? Shoehorning Digital Rights into Existing Human Rights Treaties / Shany, Yuval (Rights reserved)
  • ˜Theœ Legislative Process as a Constitutional Problem: A Call to Rethink a Neglected Frontier / Drinóczi, Tímea (Rights reserved)
  • Frontmatter (Rights reserved)
  • ˜Theœ Emergence of Constitutionally Conforming Interpretation / Gosch, Daniel Christian (CC BY)
  • On Territorial Disputes. Some Iusphilosophical Remarks / Pérez de la Fuente, Oscar (Rights reserved)
  • Situating Hong Kong’s ‘Rule of Law’ Internationally / Pascoe, Daniel (Rights reserved)
  • Can a Sunset Clause Derail an Amendment to the U.S. Constitution? / Kouroutakis, Antonios (Rights reserved)
  • I Respond to Critics and Explain My Integrated Multiverses / Núñez, Jorge Emilio (Rights reserved)
  • Frontmatter (Rights reserved)
  • ˜Theœ Role of the Constitution in Sweden: Addressing its Patchy Legal Legitimacy and the (Half-Way) Transition from Political to Legal Constitutionalism / Zamboni, Mauro (CC BY)
  • Frontmatter (Rights reserved)
  • ˜Theœ Transformation of China: Constitutional Review in Action / Liu, Han (CC BY)
  • Conditional Right to Child Education in Nigeria: Punishing the Child for the Parents’ Sins / Jimoh, Mujib (Rights reserved)
  • Multidimensional Law as One and Many / Encinas Duarte, Gabriel Alejandro (Rights reserved)
  • Two Proposals for Universal and Perpetual Peace: A Short Comparison / Chiassoni, Pierluigi (CC BY)
  • In Interesting Times / Bezemek, Christoph (CC BY)
  • In Memoriam Theo Öhlinger (1939–2023) / Eberhard, Harald (Rights reserved)
  • ˜Theœ Courts in Shackles: Freedom of Speech in the Era of National Security in Hong Kong / Lo, Celeste Tin Yan (Rights reserved)
  • Execution of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights: Actors, Substance and Procedure / Janczarek, Szymon (Rights reserved)
  • Frontmatter (Rights reserved)
  • Weak Procedural Constitutionalism. The Judicial Process as Legitimacy of Judicial Review / Jiménez Ramírez, Milton César (Rights reserved)
  • ˜Theœ Constitutional Complaint in Kosovo from the Perspective of State Liability and Constitutional Certainty / Morina, Visar (Rights reserved)
  • Three Paradigms of International Judicial Review / Dothan, Shai (Rights reserved)
  • ˜Theœ Democratic Self-Defence of Constitutional Courts / Castillo-Ortiz, Pablo (Rights reserved)
  • Interesting Times in Mexico: Constitutional Demise was Not on the Ballot / Olaiz-González, Jaime (Rights reserved)
  • Constitutional Reform in a Fragile and Conflict-Affected Environment? Outlook on Constitutional Reform Processes in Ethiopia / Van der Beken, Christophe (Rights reserved)
  • ˜Theœ Turkish Constitutional Court and Turkey’s Democratic Breakdown: Judicial Politics Under Pressure / Oder, Bertil Emrah (CC BY)
  • When Populism Meets the Constitutional Dimension: A Formal Framework for Facilitating Comparative Constitutional Studies / Barrios Suvelza, Franz Xavier (Rights reserved)
  • When Should Courts Invalidate Constitutional Amendments? / Sethi, Amal (Rights reserved)
  • Countering Democratic Decay Judicially: Is Resistance Futile? / Petrov, Jan (CC BY)
  • Court of Justice of the European Union or European Court of Human Rights – Is There a ‘Supreme Court of Europe’? / Daiber, Birgit (Rights reserved)
  • Emergency Labor Constitutionalism and Emergency Regulations / Litor, Lilach (Rights reserved)
  • ˜Theœ Emerging Civil Right to Counsel in India: On ‘Enforceable’ Directive Principles / Zasloff, Jonathan (Rights reserved)
  • Obligation to Mutual Assistance Under Article 42 (7) TEU: The Conundrum of Intentional Ambiguity / Mickonytė, Aistė (CC BY)
  • Letters from the Editors / Bezemek, Christoph (Rights reserved)
  • Privacy and the City: How Data Shapes City Identities / Petkova, Bilyana (CC BY)
  • Precedent of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights: State Compliance and Judicial Performance in Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, Chile, and Bolivia / Resende, Ranieri Lima (Rights reserved)
  • Crisis Constitutionalism / Bakshi, Kushagr (CC BY)
  • Nil Nisi Bene / Bezemek, Christoph (Rights reserved)
  • Frontmatter (Rights reserved)
  • Chinese Constitutonal Performance Unveiled: Text Mining Insights in Civil Litigations / Shui, Bing (Rights reserved)
  • Deepening the Case for Egalitarianism in the International Order: A Comparative Perspective / Obiora, L. Amede (CC BY)
  • A Global Comparative Constitutional Analysis of Natural Resources Protection / Ruppel, Oliver C. (CC BY)
  • ˜Theœ Italian Constitutional Court on Women’s Rights: Patriarchal Remnants Versus Transformative Interpretations / Scotti, Valentina Rita (Rights reserved)
  • Robert Böttner & Hermann-Josef Blanke: The Rule of Law Under Threat – Eroding Institutions and European Remedies / Lukan, Matthias (Rights reserved)
  • Frontmatter (Rights reserved)
  • Frontmatter (Rights reserved)

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