The constitution of Czechia : a contextual analysis /

David Kosar and Ladislav Vyhnnek.
Bok · Engelsk · 2021

Annen tittel	Constitution of Czechia
Medvirkende	Vyhnǹek, Ladislav, (author.)
Utgitt	Hart Publishing
Omfang	223 pages
Utgave	First edition.
Opplysninger	Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Table of Cases -- Table of Legislation -- Introduction -- Further Reading -- 1. The Rise of Czech Constitutionalism: History and Context -- I. The Rise and Fall of the Kingdom of Bohemia -- II. Influence of Foreign Legal Cultures -- III. Czech Constitutional Scholarship and its Changing Role Over Time -- IV. Inter-war Czechoslovakia -- V. The Communist Legacy -- VI. Democratic Transition and Dealing with the Past -- VII. The Dissolution of Czechoslovakia -- VIII. Return to Europe -- IX. Where are the People? -- X. Conclusion -- Further Reading -- 2. The Challenge of a Pluralist Constitution -- I. Drafting the 1993 Constitution -- II. The Pluralist Constitution -- III. The Eternity Clause -- IV. International and Supranational Sources -- V. Super-statutes -- VI. Constitutional Conventions -- VII. Judicial Decisions as a Source of Constitutional Law -- VIII. Conclusion -- Further Reading -- 3. Constitutional Principles -- I. The Democratic Principle -- II. The Rechtsstaat Principle -- III. Principle of the Separation of Powers -- IV. Principle of Sovereignty -- V. Principle of the Unitary State -- VI. Protection of Fundamental Rights -- VII. The Implicit Welfare State Principle -- VIII. Conclusion -- Further Reading -- 4. The Czech Parliament -- I. Basic Structure: The Chamber of Deputies and the Senate -- II. Competences of the Parliament and its Chambers -- III. The Procedural Limits of Parliamentary Power -- IV. Parliamentary Elections and the Czech Political Party System in Turmoil -- V. Scandals, Corruption and Immunities -- VI. Conclusion -- Further Reading -- 5. The Growing Tension within the Double-Headed Executive -- I. The Challenge of a Double-Headed Executive -- II. Over-achieving President and Under-achieving Governments.. - Conclusion: Dynamics of Constitutional Change and the Search for Constitutional Identity -- I. Formal Amendments in a Rigid System -- II. Constitutional Interpretation and Informal Amendments as a Mechanism of Constitutional Change -- III. The Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendments Doctrine -- IV. Conflicting Legacies and the Search for Constitutional Identity -- V. Concluding Remarks: A Danger of Democratic Backsliding? -- Index.. - III. The State of Emergency and the Hidden Powers of the Executive -- IV. The Quest to Depoliticise the State Administration -- V. Conclusion -- Further Reading -- 6. Local Governance -- I. The Centre and the Periphery -- II. The Structure of Territorial Self-Governance -- III. Election of Municipal and Regional Bodies -- IV. Direct Democracy at the Local Level -- V. The Rise of the Municipal Power -- VI. It is All About Taxes and Eu Subsidies -- VII. Local Self-Governance in the Eu -- VIII. Conclusion: Towards Moderate Decentralisation -- Further Reading -- 7. The Judicial Branch -- I. Setting the Scene: Key Players within Czech Judicial Politics -- II. Who are the Czech Judges? -- III. The Constitutional Court -- IV. Basic Features of the Ordinary Judiciary -- V. Civil and Criminal Courts -- VI. Administrative Courts -- VII. Prohibition of Special Courts and Tribunals -- VIII. The War(S) of the Courts -- IX. Czech Courts and European SUPRANATIONAL COURTS: A Complicated Relationship -- X. Constitutional Politics of the Judicial Branch -- XI. Conclusion: From the Judicialisation of Politics to the Politicisation of the Judiciary -- Further Reading -- 8. Human Rights Constitutionalism -- I. The Charter and the Rest: The Pluralist Nature Of Human Rights Protection In Czechia -- II. How to Challenge the State: Constitutional Review, General Courts, Administrative Review And The Ombudsman -- III. Human Dignity as a Fundamental Right? -- IV. Proportionality as a Key Unifying Principle? -- V. Positive Obligations and the Challenge of Socio-Economic Rights -- VI. Public/Private Distinction and the Importance of Drittwirkung -- VII. The Influence of the European Convention on Human Rights -- VIII. Selective Judicial Activism - Expounding or Expanding Human Rights? -- IX. Conclusion -- Further Reading.. - "tbc"--
Emner	Constitutional history - Czech Republic. Constitutional law - Czech Republic. Constitutional & administrative law
Geografisk emneord	Czech Republic - Politics and government.
Dewey	342
ISBN	1-5099-2054-4