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. 2023, First View, p. 1-20. ISSN 1528-8870. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cel.2023.15.
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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
Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 50501 Law
Country of publisher United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
WWW 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
Tags rivok
Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: Mgr. Petra Georgala, učo 32967. Changed: 5/4/2024 16:53.
Abstract
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.
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EF19_073/0016943, research and development projectName: Interní grantová agentura Masarykovy univerzity
MUNI/IGA/1383/2020, interní kód MUName: Constitutional Courts and EU Integration through Law: Beyond Preliminary References
Investor: Masaryk University
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