Poland's Constitutional Breakdown

Wojciech Sadurski (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

304 Seiten

2019
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-884050-3 (ISBN)

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Since 2015, Poland's populist Law and Justice Party (PiS) has been dismantling the major checks and balances of the Polish state and subordinating the courts, the civil service, and the media to the will of the executive. Political rights have been radically restricted, and the Party has captured the entire state apparatus. The speed and depth of these antidemocratic movements took many observers by surprise: until now, Poland was widely regarded as an example of a successful transitional democracy.

Poland's anti-constitutional breakdown poses three questions that this book sets out to answer: What, exactly, has happened since 2015? Why did it happen? And what are the prospects for a return to liberal democracy? These answers are formulated against a backdrop of current worldwide trends towards populism, authoritarianism, and what is sometimes called 'illiberal democracy'. As this book argues, the Polish variant of 'illiberal democracy' is an oxymoron. By undermining the separation of powers, the PiS concentrates all power in its own hands, rendering any democratic accountability illusory. There is, however, no inevitability in these anti-democratic trends: this book considers a number of possible remedies and sources of hope, including intervention by the European Union.

Wojciech Sadurski is Challis Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Sydney and Professor at the University of Warsaw Centre for Europe. He has written extensively on the philosophy of law, political philosophy, and comparative constitutional law. His most recent books include Constitutionalism and the Enlargement of Europe (OUP 2012) and quality and Legitimacy (OUP 2008).

1: Anti-Constitutional Populist Backsliding
2: Before the Breakdown: 1989-2015
3: Dismantling of Checks and Balances (I): The Remaking of the Constitutional Tribunal
4: Dismantling Checks and Balances (II): Judges and Prosecutors
5: Undoing the Institutions of the Democratic State
6: Assault on Individual Rights
7: Why Did It Happen?
8: Europe to the Rescue
9: Illiberal Democracy or Populist Authoritarianism?

Erscheinungsdatum	31.05.2019
Reihe/Serie	Oxford Comparative Constitutionalism
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	161 x 240 mm
Gewicht	622 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
ISBN-10	0-19-884050-0 / 0198840500
ISBN-13	978-0-19-884050-3 / 9780198840503
Zustand	Neuware