2018
DOI: 10.5771/0030-6444-2018-4-480
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Constitutional Court: The Dilemma of Law and Politics

Abstract: This article raises questions in the context of the tension between the activities of parliament and government on the one hand and constitutional courts on the other hand. As to this tension, it concludes that the manner and method of decision-making on the part of government or parliament differs fundamentally from the manner in which constitutional courts operate. The article further elaborates, in particular, on the acceptance of decisions rendered by the constitutional court, as well as on questions in th… Show more

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“…Regarding the provisions of the formal requirements, the Constitutional Court in completing the Regional Head Election in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2021, there was a shift in the Constitutional Court's legal considerations in resolving disputes over the Regional Head Election. For example, in 2016, in completing PHP the Regional Head of the Constitutional Court was very rigid with respect to the formal requirements stipulated by the Election Law (Voßkuhle, 2019). This is evident from the 152 cases decided by the Constitutional Court, there is not a single formal requirement that has been ruled out by the Court.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Regarding the provisions of the formal requirements, the Constitutional Court in completing the Regional Head Election in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2021, there was a shift in the Constitutional Court's legal considerations in resolving disputes over the Regional Head Election. For example, in 2016, in completing PHP the Regional Head of the Constitutional Court was very rigid with respect to the formal requirements stipulated by the Election Law (Voßkuhle, 2019). This is evident from the 152 cases decided by the Constitutional Court, there is not a single formal requirement that has been ruled out by the Court.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…those authorities which plausibly claim to represent the political collective (the people). In doing so, the courts directly inf luence policy decisions (Voßkuhle, 2018). This inf luence may be exerted either procedurally or substantially (Hirschl, 2008, p. 121ff): It is exerted procedurally when the courts oversee the compliance of political decision-making with principles of equal opportunity, transparency, accountability, and the like; and when they actively intervene in case of violations by (in-)validating the concrete actions and decisions of executive and legislative authorities.…”
Section: Judicial Review and Constitutional Courtsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In contrast to legislative and executive bodies, courts do not choose the issues on which they decide by their own initiative, but instead react to and thus depend on the selections made by systems in their environment by which they are addressed (see e.g. Lepsius, 2011, p. 164;Voßkuhle, 2018). Second, and closely linked to the first particularity, the competence of courts concerned with judicial review is limited solely and exclusively through the mode of acting on application, what means that the scope of judicial review is by no means restricted by the substantial specification of a certain field of responsibility.…”
Section: Judicial Review and Constitutional Courtsmentioning
confidence: 99%