akritaskaidatzis.bsky.social
Ass. professor, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Law School
Constitutional law; Constitutional History; Law and Politics; Courts and Politics; Judicial Review of Legislation
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Nowhere and never.
Democracy is an ideal, never to be realized but always to strive for.
In various times & places more or, in others, less successfully.
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Not under capitalism
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Genuinely hilarious!
The book I've read most times. (I've lost counting)
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No.
The Greek Const said in 2001 that media corporations do not have the right to be awarded government contracts.
The CJEU said in 2011 this is contrary to EU law.
A perfect example why we say EU is the constitutionalisation of neoliberalism
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But I'm not talking about its making.
I'm concerned about how democratic is the governmental system it establishes.
I kind of lost you.
I'm basically saying that constitutionalism without democracy is, well, undemocratic, which should be pretty much self-evident
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I couldn't agree more, and I'm not claiming otherwise.
I'm just saying that this is true exactly because they are *democratic* constitutions. And the more democratic they are the better. (The Italian being one of the most democratic: a republic founded on labour)
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< the rest is open for democratic change.
Constitutionalism without democracy is blind: it may protect any given status quo: be it the will of the Füher, or the neoliberal economic orthodoxy. (The latter being the case with the EU which, despite being a constitutional giant, is a democratic dwarf)
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To constitute is essentially to protect, and hence reproduce, the status quo.
Democracy knows no status quo. Everything is up for grabs if the people wish so.
Constitutional democracy (and democratic constitutionalism) combine both: save some basic structures of the status quo that are protected >
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Makes perfect sense.
Just like the Arizona - New Mexico - Texas borders 😁
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Speaking of which, Higgins' Reclaiming the European Street, edited by J. Fischer & @fergallenehan.bsky.social, is an excellent source of what presidential power in a parliamentary system means
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Too late? 😁