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Nomination of Constitutional Justices in Post-Communist Countries: Trial, Error, Conflict in the Czech Republic

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2006

Zdeněk Kühn  and
Jan Kysela
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Abstract

Selection and nomination of constitutional justices – American model of judicial review in post-communist countries – Tensions between parliamentary supremacy and excessive activism of Constitutional Courts – Possibility of reappointment and the independence of justices – Lack of cooperation between President and Senate in the Czech Republic – Politicization of judicial nomination and democracy.

Keywords

Nomination of Constitutional JusticesNational Constitutional LawCzech RepublicSenatePresidentJudicial NominationJudicial SelectionCzech Constitutional CourtVáclav HavelVáclav Klaus
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European Constitutional Law Review , Volume 2 , Issue 2 , June 2006 , pp. 183 - 208
Copyright
© Asser Press 2006

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