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- Title
Constitutional Law: POLAND.
- Authors
KUCA, GRZEGORZ; MIKULI, PIOTR; PACH, MACIEJ
- Abstract
2019 was remarkably rich in constitutional developments in Poland. The dispute over the status of the Constitutional Tribunal, the new Disciplinary Chamber of the Supreme Court, the National Council of Judiciary (NCJ) and the State Electoral Commission put the Polish constitutional democracy to the test and had an important impact on constitutional practice. Verbal attacks on the independence of the judiciary, as well as attempts to intimidate judges via newly introduced disciplinary measures, evoked much concern in the democratic opposition, academia and foreign public opinion. The increase in legislative works was connected with a significant lowering in legislative standards against the Constitution. The legislative procedure was often performed contrary to the elementary requirements for rational lawmakers - sometimes even against the rules of correct legislation. In such circumstances, the elections to the European Parliament and to Poland’s bicameral national Parliament (the Sejm and the Senate) were held. The democratic opposition hoped to limit the role of the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party. However, only the results of the Senate’s elections, to a certain extent, confined the unfavourable phenomena eroding the liberal democracy.
- Subjects
ADMINISTRATIVE law; COURT system; COURTS; POLISH politics &; government; GOVERNMENT policy
- Publication
European Review of Public Law, 2019, Vol 31, Issue 4, p1283
- ISSN
1105-1590
- Publication type
Article