Constitutional Courts Asking Questions: A Deliberative
Potential of Preliminary Reference Mechanism

J 2023

Constitutional Courts Asking Questions: A Deliberative Potential of Preliminary Reference Mechanism

PIVODA, Marek

Basic information

Original name

Constitutional Courts Asking Questions: A Deliberative Potential of Preliminary Reference Mechanism

Authors

PIVODA, Marek (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies, United Kingdom, Cambridge University Press, 2023, 1528-8870

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 článku

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14220/23:00133615

Organization unit

Faculty of Law

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cel.2023.15

Keywords in English

constitutional courts; ECJ; preliminary references; Article 267 TFEU; deliberative democracy; market capitalism; legitimacy

Abstract

V originále

This Article interrogates the role of national constitutional courts within the Article 267 TFEU preliminary reference mechanism from both descriptive and normative angles. First, I demonstrate that although a clear majority of the constitutional courts submit references to the ECJ on a more frequent basis, differences in individual approaches remain significant. Subsequently, I argue that the core normative attractivity of the questions submitted in the course of domestic constitutional review lies in their participative and deliberative potential. Compared to ordinary courts, constitutional courts are better suited to amplify the ‘unheard’ voices of immobile EU citizens. By counterbalancing the demands of the EU's functional constitution, which is primarily based on the ideals of market capitalism, constitutional courts’ questions may contribute to the EU's capacity to generate legitimate decisions. Finally, I put my theoretical claims in context and analyse the main ways in which such deliberative potential can translate into practice.

Links

EF19_073/0016943, research and development project

Name: Interní grantová agentura Masarykovy univerzity

MUNI/IGA/1383/2020, interní kód MU

Name: Constitutional Courts and EU Integration through Law: Beyond Preliminary References

Investor: Masaryk University

Citovat

PIVODA, Marek. Constitutional Courts Asking Questions: A Deliberative Potential of Preliminary Reference Mechanism. Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies. United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, 2023, Vol. 25, December 2023, p. 141-160. ISSN 1528-8870. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cel.2023.15.

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PIVODA, Marek. Constitutional Courts Asking Questions: A Deliberative Potential of Preliminary Reference Mechanism. \textit{Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies}. United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, 2023, Vol. 25, December 2023, p.~141-160. ISSN~1528-8870. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cel.2023.15.

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