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The Epistemic Challenge to Democratic Resilience: A Late‐Classical Athenian Institutional Solution
ABSTRACT Democratic erosion is an increasingly worrying phenomenon, affecting not only both young and transitional democracies but also more consolidated ones. A particularly important aspect of this process (in its contemporary incarnation) is that, because of its subtle and incrementalist character, it is difficult to perceive by citizens, who often ...
Alexandru Volacu
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ABSTRACT Based on theories of deliberative democracy, this article explores the substantive content of reasons as a conceptual tool. Although most studies focus on procedural dimensions, we argue that identifying and mapping substantive reasons contributes to advancing empirical investigation in a theoretically informed and normatively relevant way ...
Rousiley C. M. Maia+3 more
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Constitutional Court, Judicial Independence, and Efforts to Achieve Qualified Justice
Judicial Corruption is a disgrace to the world of justice and disaster for the justice seeker community. The judiciary is the third branch of state power after the executive and legislature.
Irfan Nur Rachman
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Harmonization of Regulation Based on Pancasila Values Through the Constitutional Court of Indonesia
The legal system which is adopted and applied in Indonesia was based on the formation from the founding fathers which is adjusted to the condition and the spirit of Indonesia as a nation known for its legal system as Pancasila.
T. Sudrajat
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The Multilevel Implications of a Sinn Féin Government in Ireland
Abstract The electoral growth of Sinn Féin on both sides of the Irish border has generated much political and academic attention in recent years. The party could form part of the government in Dublin for the first time at the next Irish general election, though that outcome is far from certain.
Conor J. Kelly
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Important, but not Fundamental?
This article attempts to shed light on how both the ECtHR and the Austrian VfGH have contributed to the protection of existing social benefits, to the right to equal access to social benefits and perhaps even to the establishment of a right to a ...
Philipp Selim
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The ‘Taricco Saga’: the Italian Constitutional Court continues its European journey
Between 2015 and 2018, a chain of judicial decisions by the European Court of Justice and the Italian Constitutional Court (hereinafter ‘Corte Costituzionale’, ‘the Italian Court’, or simply ‘the Court’) drew significant attention in academic and ...
G. Piccirilli
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Abstract The Labour manifesto in this year's election implied a radical restructuring of the UK state, the way in which England is governed and in relations across the United Kingdom. The aim of making English devolution the ‘default option’ is set against fifty years of unsuccessful and partial devolution initiatives which have failed to reverse the ...
John Denham, Janice Morphet
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The Rules of the Coronation: Differentiating Convention from Practice and Custom
Abstract The coronation of a new monarch is a constitutional event governed by unwritten rules. To understand which aspects of the coronation are constitutionally significant—and which are better understood as the product of tradition or novel approaches—this article examines how three types of unwritten rules structure the ceremony: conventions ...
Carolyn S. Harris, Philippe Lagassé
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THE REMOVAL FROM OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF ONE OF THE CHAMBERS OF THE ROMANIAN PARLIAMENT BETWEEN OPPORTUNITY AND NECESSITY. REFLECTIONS ON THE CCR DECISION NO. 17 OF JANUARY 26, 2022 [PDF]
In March 2022, a decision of the Romanian Constitutional Court was published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I, which brings to the attention of practitioners, but also of the general public, the issue of the removal from office of one of the ...
Gheorghe STAN, Cristina TITIRIȘCĂ
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