Comparative court-packing

J 2023

Comparative court-packing

KOSAŘ, David and Katarína ŠIPULOVÁ

Basic information

Original name

Comparative court-packing

Authors

KOSAŘ, David (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Katarína ŠIPULOVÁ (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Icon-International Journal of Constitutional Law, England, Oxford Univ Press, 2023, 1474-2640

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

50501 Law

Country of publisher

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

Open access časopisu

Impact factor

Impact factor: 1.000 in 2022

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14220/23:00130913

Organization unit

Faculty of Law

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icon/moad012

UT WoS

000965123300001

Keywords (in Czech)

court-packing; obsazování soudů; legitimita; zásahy do nezávislosti soudů

Keywords in English

court-packing; legitimacy; political interference; judicial independence; democracy

Abstract

V originále

In the wake of Donald Trump’s presidency, a fierce discussion over expanding the US Supreme Court erupted. However, the expansion of a court’s membership is just one of several court-packing techniques. Moreover, the American debate is peculiar due to the unique features of the US Supreme Court. The aim of this article is to look at court-packing from a comparative perspective, to link the debates on tinkering with courts’ composition on both sides of the Atlantic, and to bring into the conversation a diverse scholarship in the Global North and the Global South. Based on experience from other parts of the world, this article provides a new, broader definition of court-packing that includes not only expansion of the court in question, but also emptying and swapping strategies. It then discusses the typical justifications for and dangers of court-packing and provides a prospective pragmatic mid-level theory that allows us to assess whether a given court-packing plan is legitimate. It argues that the legitimacy of court-packing has two dimensions: one focusing on whether court-packing pursues a legitimate aim (ius ad bellum of court-packing) and a second dimension exploring whether court-packing itself is implemented legitimately (ius in bello of court-packing). This means that even if politicians have a “just cause” for court-packing, their actions are still limited.

Links

101002660, interní kód MU

Name: Informal Judicial Institutions: Invisible Determinants of Democratic Decay (Acronym: INFINITY)

Investor: European Union, ERC (Excellent Science)

Files attached

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KOSAŘ, David and Katarína ŠIPULOVÁ. Comparative court-packing. Icon-International Journal of Constitutional Law. England: Oxford Univ Press, 2023, vol. 21, No 1, p. 80-126. ISSN 1474-2640. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icon/moad012.

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KOSAŘ, David and Katarína ŠIPULOVÁ. Comparative court-packing. \textit{Icon-International Journal of Constitutional Law}. England: Oxford Univ Press, 2023, vol.~21, No~1, p.~80-126. ISSN~1474-2640. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icon/moad012.

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