Discrimination of Women in Political Life: On the Unconstitutionality of Countervailing Measures in the Thuringian Electoral Act
The paper deals with the change of the Thuringian electoral legislation, which introduced the mandatory so-called zipping on candidate lists for the provincial elections. The parity law had an impact on the filling of candidates for charters and free and equal elections. This method of supporting th...
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Trnava University, Faculty of Law
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| description | The paper deals with the change of the Thuringian electoral legislation, which introduced the mandatory so-called zipping on candidate lists for the provincial elections. The parity law had an impact on the filling of candidates for charters and free and equal elections. This method of supporting the increase of women’s participation in public life has been declared unconstitutional by the Thuringian Constitutional Court. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b1690c101d984f3a9fe7f5b56743d6092023-09-22T21:14:12ZcesTrnava University, Faculty of LawSocietas et Iurisprudentia1339-54672020-09-018311813010.31262/1339-5467/2020/8/3/118-130Discrimination of Women in Political Life: On the Unconstitutionality of Countervailing Measures in the Thuringian Electoral ActLenka Scheu0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9375-2604Police Academy of the Czech Republic in Prague, Prague, Czech RepublicThe paper deals with the change of the Thuringian electoral legislation, which introduced the mandatory so-called zipping on candidate lists for the provincial elections. The parity law had an impact on the filling of candidates for charters and free and equal elections. This method of supporting the increase of women’s participation in public life has been declared unconstitutional by the Thuringian Constitutional Court.http://sei.iuridica.truni.sk/archive/2020/03/SEI-2020-03-Studies-Scheu-Lenka.pdfconstitutional lawelectoral lawconstitutionalitydiscriminationcandidate liststhuringiathe federal republic of germany |
| spellingShingle | Lenka Scheu Discrimination of Women in Political Life: On the Unconstitutionality of Countervailing Measures in the Thuringian Electoral Act Societas et Iurisprudentia constitutional law electoral law constitutionality discrimination candidate lists thuringia the federal republic of germany |
| title | Discrimination of Women in Political Life: On the Unconstitutionality of Countervailing Measures in the Thuringian Electoral Act |
| title_full | Discrimination of Women in Political Life: On the Unconstitutionality of Countervailing Measures in the Thuringian Electoral Act |
| title_fullStr | Discrimination of Women in Political Life: On the Unconstitutionality of Countervailing Measures in the Thuringian Electoral Act |
| title_full_unstemmed | Discrimination of Women in Political Life: On the Unconstitutionality of Countervailing Measures in the Thuringian Electoral Act |
| title_short | Discrimination of Women in Political Life: On the Unconstitutionality of Countervailing Measures in the Thuringian Electoral Act |
| title_sort | discrimination of women in political life on the unconstitutionality of countervailing measures in the thuringian electoral act |
| topic | constitutional law electoral law constitutionality discrimination candidate lists thuringia the federal republic of germany |
| url | http://sei.iuridica.truni.sk/archive/2020/03/SEI-2020-03-Studies-Scheu-Lenka.pdf |
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