We Are Not Helpless - How Poland can restore the Rule of Law by referring to its constitutional foundations
The current debate on how to restore the standards of a democratic state under the rule of law in Poland reminds me of the dilemma faced by King Rex, as described by Lon L. Fuller. Like the king constantly falling into a trap we equally seem to be trapped. We know what should be done and what compli...
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| description | The current debate on how to restore the standards of a democratic state under the rule of law in Poland reminds me of the dilemma faced by King Rex, as described by Lon L. Fuller. Like the king constantly falling into a trap we equally seem to be trapped. We know what should be done and what compliance with the rule of law means, yet we try to convince each other that every conceivable way out is bad. So do we need to refrain from taking any action and look in frustration at the systematic deformation of mechanisms that have worked quite well in Poland for a quarter century and protected us from pathology and the abuse of law? |
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| spelling | doaj.art-660b8c2cb0cd4e388fd6b7272689be982023-12-06T19:29:48ZdeuMax Steinbeis Verfassungsblog GmbHVerfassungsblog2366-70442023-12-012366-704410.59704/360b3642fd7715d0We Are Not Helpless - How Poland can restore the Rule of Law by referring to its constitutional foundationsMarek SafjanThe current debate on how to restore the standards of a democratic state under the rule of law in Poland reminds me of the dilemma faced by King Rex, as described by Lon L. Fuller. Like the king constantly falling into a trap we equally seem to be trapped. We know what should be done and what compliance with the rule of law means, yet we try to convince each other that every conceivable way out is bad. So do we need to refrain from taking any action and look in frustration at the systematic deformation of mechanisms that have worked quite well in Poland for a quarter century and protected us from pathology and the abuse of law?https://verfassungsblog.de/we-are-not-helpless/Democratic BackslidingPolandRule of Law |
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| title | We Are Not Helpless - How Poland can restore the Rule of Law by referring to its constitutional foundations |
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| title_short | We Are Not Helpless - How Poland can restore the Rule of Law by referring to its constitutional foundations |
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