CONSTITUTIONAL COURTS VERSUS PARLIAMENTS DURING PANDEMIC (AND BEYOND) Cover Image

CONSTITUTIONAL COURTS VERSUS PARLIAMENTS DURING PANDEMIC (AND BEYOND)
CONSTITUTIONAL COURTS VERSUS PARLIAMENTS DURING PANDEMIC (AND BEYOND)

Author(s): Boldizsár Szentgáli-Tóth, Nora Ban-Forgacs
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Constitutional Law, Civil Law, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, Administrative Law
Published by: Правни факултет Универзитета у Бањој Луци
Keywords: Pandemic; Covid-19; national parliaments; separation of powers; assembly;

Summary/Abstract: National parliaments are the representatives of popular sovereignty. Any restrictions on parliamentary rights have a direct impact on separation of powers and rule of law. This article elaborates on some of the landmark decisions worldwide of the constitutional courts vis a vis national parliaments during epidemic restrictions.