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Konstytucjonalizm w postkonwencjonalnym społeczeństwie
Constitutionalism in a Post-Conventional Society

Author(s): Michał Paździora
Subject(s): Politics, Constitutional Law
Published by: Akademia Leona Koźmińskiego
Keywords: constitutionalism; political nature; morality; legitimacy; structure of authority

Summary/Abstract: Modernity understood as a permanent crisis of legitimacy and authority is a constant challenge for constitutionalism. The article reconstructs the danger of substituting political nature with moral imperatives. In modern societies, political disputes turn into so-called culture wars, and the dividing lines are marked by two moralities fighting each other: a liberal morality and a conservative morality. Using selected examples from the constitutional judiciary, I put forward a proposal of rethinking the definition of political nature in constitutionalism to deal with the crisis of legitimacy and authority that plagues it.

  • Issue Year: 11/2019
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 21-22
  • Page Count: 2
  • Language: Polish