Publikacja:

The Janus Face of Constitutionalism

Data

2019
Artykuł
 
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dc.abstract.plThe article is based on an assumption that constitutionalism has a Janus face. A constitution is both a legal and a political act. So far, the public domain has been dominated by legal constitutionalism (constitutional dogmatics), which excludes the constitution from the public sphere, subjecting it to the authority of lawyers-experts. The contemporary political phenomena such as: new populism, illiberal democracy or new constitutionalism should shift the interest of researchers to the political aspect of constitutionalism. Constitutionalism is, therefore, a multidimensional social practice. A political game featuring many actors. And the constitutionalism of lawyers is only one of its possible interpretations. Citizens also have their own constitutionalisms, and different perspectives on constitutionalism, reflecting opposing interests, may lead to conflicts. The constitutional law dogmatics applied to resolve such conflicts would argue for the existence of a transcendental framework for their resolution. A more political approach denies the existence of such a framework. In other words, the dogmatics in question requires democracy to adapt to constitutionalism, while the political approach requires constitutionalism to adapt to democracy. The text is an introduction to a part of a volume featuring articles by authors affiliated with the Centre for Legal Education and Social Theory of the University of Wrocław.
dc.contributor.affiliationUniwersytet Wrocławski
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
dc.contributor.authorMichał Stambulski
dc.contributor.authorAdam Czarnota
dc.date.accessioned2025-07-25T16:23:35Z
dc.date.available2025-07-25T16:23:35Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.date.published3/2019
dc.description.issue1
dc.description.physical18-26
dc.description.volume11
dc.identifier.doi10.7206/kp.2080-1084.272
dc.identifier.issn2080-1084
dc.identifier.urihttps://repozytorium.kozminski.edu.pl/handle/item/2212
dc.languageen
dc.relation.ispartofKrytyka Prawa. Niezależne Studia nad Prawem
dc.relation.pages18-26
dc.rightsCC-BY-4.0
dc.subjectconstitutionalism
dc.subjectdogma
dc.subjectpolitical nature
dc.subtypeOriginal
dc.title

The Janus Face of Constitutionalism

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