Constitutionalism
From Legal to Populist Constitutionalism
Jiří Baroš
Masaryk University, Brno
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                                      Constitutionalism
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Výsledek obrázku pro Constitutional Court the Czech Republic

Constitutionalism and Democracy
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§ What is Democracy?
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§ What is Constitutionalism?
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§ Harmony or Tension?

Constitutionalism in CE
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§ Legal Constitutionalism and its Alternatives
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§ Populism and Constitutionalism

Constitutionalism in CE
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§ Legal Constitutionalism and its Alternatives
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§ Populism and Constitutionalism

Legal Constitutionalism
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§ What is Legal Constitutionalism?
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§ Alternatives?
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§ Development in CE after 1989

What is LC?
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§ Negative View of Constitutions
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§ Politics v. Rule of Law
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§ Judicial Supremacy
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§ Citizen Engagement?

Alternatives to LC?
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§ Political C.: Constitution and Disagreement, Parliamentary Supremacy?
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§ Democratic C.: Depoliticization X Discussion on Constitutional Essentials, Political
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CE after 1989
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§ CC: Adhere, or Oppose Governmental Policies?
§ Adoption of New Constitutions?

CE after 1989
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§ Czech R.: Value-Laden Constitutionalism, First and the Second Term
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§ Hungary: Democracy by Judiciary v. Orbán´s Attack
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§ Poland: Government´s Helper v. Kaczyński Brothers and CT
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§ Slovakia: Mečiar´s Era, Accession to EU

Constitutionalism in CE
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§ Legal Constitutionalism and its Alternatives
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§ Populism and Constitutionalism

Constitutionalism in CE
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§ Legal Constitutionalism and its Alternatives
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§ Populism and Constitutionalism

Populism and Constitutionalism
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§ Hostility or Engagement?
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§ Populism Deconstructed
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§ Populist Leaders Takes Stage in CE

Hostility or Engagement?
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§ Democratic Backsliding and Illiberal Democracy
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§ Negation of, Problematic Relationship with CD
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§ Populist Constitution-Making

Populism Deconstructed (Blokker)
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§ The Popular Will
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§ Majoritarianism
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§ Legal Resentment
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§ Constitutional Instrumentalism

Populist Leaders Takes Stage…
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§ Orbán (CC, Ordinary Courts, Independent Agences)
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§ Kaczyński (CT, Ordinary Courts, NCJ)
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§ How to Tackle Populism?

Who´s Next?
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