Individuals in the Constitutional Court: Complaint, Protest, Scandal, and Weapons of the Weak

This paper comparatively examines the means for resistance of individuals against the constitutional judiciary. Starting with the case of the Slovak Constitutional Court, the paper critically assesses the different ways in which the Court relates to and interacts with an individual, including a change from a constitutional petition to complaint (coordinate) mechanism by an amendment...

Panel 92, TUESDAY JUNE 26 2018 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

The Theory and Practice of Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendments in Slovakia

This paper critically reexamines the jurisprudence of “legal forms“ of the Slovak Constitutional Court and the corresponding possibility for an unconstitutional constitutional amendment decision. The Court traditionally held back from reviewing constitutional amendments, despite sporadic dicta in the case-law that if a challenged act constituted an abuse of form, it would need to do so....

Panel 127, WEDNESDAY JUNE 27 2018 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM