Court-Unpacking: A Preliminary Inquiry

C 2023

Court-Unpacking: A Preliminary Inquiry

KOSAŘ, David and Katarína ŠIPULOVÁ

Basic information

Original name

Court-Unpacking: A Preliminary Inquiry

Authors

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

Edition

320. vyd. Baden-Baden, Transition 2.0 Re-establishing Constitutional Democracy in EU Member States, p. 323-360, 38 pp. 2023

Publisher

Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Kapitola resp. kapitoly v odborné knize

Field of Study

50501 Law

Country of publisher

Germany

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Publication form

electronic version available online

References:

Repozitář MU Open access knihy

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14220/23:00131840

Organization unit

Faculty of Law

ISBN

978-3-7560-0079-1

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.5771/9783748914938

Keywords in English

unpacking; court-packing; judicial independence; courts; judges

Abstract

V originále

The proliferation of court-packing wars across different political regimes has recently stirred up a lot of controversy. As one of the techniques allowing executive actors swiftly to capture the courts, align them with their own political preferences or even weaponise them against their opponents, court-packing is particularly tempting for both democratic and autocratic leaders. The legitimacy of court-packing and potential safeguards against this method have therefore triggered vibrant academic debate. Yet, much less attention has been paid to a vexing question: what to do with packed courts once the political actors who staffed them with loyal or ideologically aligned judges lose power. Can courts be unpacked? If so, how? Is unpacking always legitimate or does it depend on the legitimacy of previous court-packing? Should the content of decision-making, judicial behaviour or the personal independence and integrity of packed judges be considered in a normative assessment of unpacking? And what role does eventual redress for removed judges play in these considerations? Addressing these questions, this chapter analyses the normative underpinnings of unpacking in the broader context of democratic decay and abusive constitutionalism

Links

101002660, interní kód MU

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

Investor: European Union, ERC (Excellent Science)

Files attached

20240404102021454.pdf

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Citovat

KOSAŘ, David and Katarína ŠIPULOVÁ. Court-Unpacking: A Preliminary Inquiry. Online. In Michal Bobek, Adam Bodnar, Armin von Bogdandy, Pál Sonnevend (Eds.). Transition 2.0 Re-establishing Constitutional Democracy in EU Member States. 320th ed. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, 2023, p. 323-360. ISBN 978-3-7560-0079-1. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.5771/9783748914938.

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KOSAŘ, David and Katarína ŠIPULOVÁ. Court-Unpacking: A Preliminary Inquiry. Online. In Michal Bobek, Adam Bodnar, Armin von Bogdandy, Pál Sonnevend (Eds.). \textit{Transition 2.0 Re-establishing Constitutional Democracy in EU Member States}. 320th ed. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH \&{} Co. KG, 2023, p.~323-360. ISBN~978-3-7560-0079-1. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.5771/9783748914938.

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