The COVID-19 emergency in the age of executive aggrandizement: what role for legislative and judicial checks?

PETROV, Jan. The COVID-19 emergency in the age of executive aggrandizement: what role for legislative and judicial checks? The Theory and Practice of Legislation. 2020, roč. 8, 1-2, s. 71-92. ISSN 2050-8840. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20508840.2020.1788232.

Základní údaje

• Originální název: The COVID-19 emergency in the age of executive aggrandizement: what role for legislative and judicial checks?
• Autoři: PETROV, Jan (203 Česká republika, garant, domácí).
• Vydání: The Theory and Practice of Legislation, 2020, 2050-8840.

Další údaje

• Originální jazyk: angličtina
• Typ výsledku: Článek v odborném periodiku
• Obor: 50501 Law
• Stát vydavatele: Velká Británie a Severní Irsko
• Utajení: není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
• WWW: Open access časopisu
• Kód RIV: RIV/00216224:14220/20:00120729
• Organizační jednotka: Právnická fakulta
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20508840.2020.1788232
• UT WoS: 000616381000005
• Klíčová slova anglicky: COVID-19; coronavirus; state of emergency; democratic decay; democratic backsliding; separation of powers; checks and balances; parliaments; judicial review; Czech Republic
• Štítky: rivok
• Příznaky: Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Anotace

Extraordinary limitation of certain fundamental rights seems necessary in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. Many countries have declared a state of emergency for that purpose. Yet, there is also a risk of misusing the emergency for power grabbing, especially in the current era of executive aggrandizement, democratic decay and abusive populist constitutionalism. In this setting the legislative and judicial checks on the executive create a dilemma. Their standard operation in the state of emergency could control the executive, but might also impair its capacity to fight the pandemic effectively. This article therefore focuses on the desired role of the legislature and the judiciary in COVID-19 emergencies.

Návaznosti

• 46943, interní kód MU: Název: JUDI-ARCH - The Rise of Judicial Self-Government in Europe: Changing the Architecture of Separation of Powers without an Architect (Akronym: JUDI-ARCH)

Investor: Evropská unie, JUDI-ARCH - The Rise of Judicial Self-Government in Europe: Changing the Architecture of Separation of Powers without an Architect, ERC (Excellent Science)