About the politicization of the Constitutional Tribunal in the context of attempts to neutralize it after the 2015 elections Cover Image

O polityczności Trybunału Konstytucyjnego w kontekście próby jego neutralizowania po wyborach 2015 roku
About the politicization of the Constitutional Tribunal in the context of attempts to neutralize it after the 2015 elections

Author(s): Stanisław Zyborowicz
Subject(s): Public Law, Electoral systems
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: Constitutional Tribunal; politicization; partisanship; elections; draw;

Summary/Abstract: The paper examines the issue of politicization given the context of party affiliation of judges appointed as members of the Constitutional Tribunal. The author suggests that the present traditional paradigm of appointment/selection by the Parliament as a regulatory institution is replaced and presents a new paradigm based on choosing lots as employed in ancient Athens to appoint members of the Constitutional Tribunal.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 111-124
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish