Constitutional Identity in the Czech Republic: A New Twist On
An Old Fashioned Idea

C 2019

Constitutional Identity in the Czech Republic: A New Twist On An Old Fashioned Idea

KOSAŘ, David and Ladislav VYHNÁNEK

Basic information

Original name

Constitutional Identity in the Czech Republic: A New Twist On An Old Fashioned Idea

Authors

KOSAŘ, David (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Ladislav VYHNÁNEK (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Cambridge, Constitutional Identity in a Europe of Multilevel Constitutionalism, p. 85-113, 29 pp. 2019

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Kapitola resp. kapitoly v odborné knize

Field of Study

50501 Law

Country of publisher

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Publication form

printed version "print"

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14220/19:00110950

Organization unit

Faculty of Law

ISBN

978-1-108-61625-6

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781108616256.005

Keywords (in Czech)

ústavní identita; ústavní soud; primát práva EU

Keywords in English

constitutional identity; constitutional court; supremacy of EU law

Abstract

V originále

This chapter deals with the concept of constitutional identity as it is understood in the Czech Republic. First, it defines the content of the ‘legal’ constitutional identity developed by the Czech Constitutional Court and the process of its formation in court case law. Subsequently, the chapter explores the normative effects of the judicially created Czech constitutional identity, especially in relation to the European Union (EU) and the principle of the primacy of EU law. Finally, it problematises the concept of Czech constitutional identity, introducing the ‘popular’ strand, which goes beyond the constitutional text and is built around formative historical events in Czech(oslovak) history. The authors argue that it is here where the gap between the ‘legal’ constitutional identity and the ‘popular’ constitutional identity is growing, with significant repercussions for the Czech constitutional order as well as for its relationship with EU law.

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KOSAŘ, David and Ladislav VYHNÁNEK. Constitutional Identity in the Czech Republic: A New Twist On An Old Fashioned Idea. In C. Calliess & G. Van der Schyff. Constitutional Identity in a Europe of Multilevel Constitutionalism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019, p. 85-113. ISBN 978-1-108-61625-6. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781108616256.005.

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KOSAŘ, David and Ladislav VYHNÁNEK. Constitutional Identity in the Czech Republic: A New Twist On An Old Fashioned Idea. In C. Calliess \&{} G. Van der Schyff. \textit{Constitutional Identity in a Europe of Multilevel Constitutionalism}. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019, p.~85-113. ISBN~978-1-108-61625-6. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781108616256.005.

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