Is It Possible to Overrule a Constitutional Precedent in the Egyptian Legal System?

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-27
Author(s):  
Islam Ibrahim Chiha ◽  
Abdel Hafiz el-Shimy
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Legal System ◽  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
Conservative Approach ◽  
Legal Certainty ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Legal Principles ◽  
Constitutional Protection ◽  
Fundamental Rights And Freedoms

Abstract This article examines the constitutionality of the Egyptian Supreme Constitutional Court’s (hereinafter SCC) authority to overrule its prior precedents. The authors argue, contrary to the assertions of the predominant conservative approach in Egypt, that bestowing the SCC with such an overruling power neither violates the Constitution nor undermines fundamental legal principles such as the principles of equality, legal certainty, or the justified expectations of litigants. Indeed, we make the argument that the Court’s ability to overrule its prior precedents seems to be the most conceivable and plausible way to correct the Court’s past mistakes or inaccuracies. We finally claim that endowing the court with such overruling power enhances the constitutional protection of fundamental rights and freedoms and strengthens the Court’s credibility not only via other public authorities, but also via public opinion.

scholarly journals Legal Certainty and Democracy: What the “Constitutional Legislator” Allows

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 439-448
Author(s):  
Mikhail V. Presnyakov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Legal System ◽  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
Constitutional Rights ◽  
Legal Certainty ◽  
The Stability ◽  
The One ◽  
Fundamental Rights And Freedoms ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Democratic Transformation

Introduction. The article analyzes the legal certainty of the individual as the stability of the content of fundamental rights and freedoms in the context of democratic processes of reforming the current legislation and the Constitution of the Russian Federation. Theoretical analysis. The article notes that the need for stability of fundamental human rights and freedoms is in some contradiction with their dynamic, evolutionary nature. The author questions the possible and necessary limits of majority democratic will with regard to the transformation of the legal system, in general, and constitutional rights and freedoms, in particular. The article addresses some “points of tension” between democracy and the rule of law. Results. On the basis of the article, it is concluded that participation in the processes of democratic transformation of the legal system can be considered as a right to democracy and, in this understanding, it needs the search for a balance with other fundamental rights and freedoms. It is on the basis of this balance that the legal certainty of the individual must be ensured, combining, on the one hand, the stability of the substantive characteristics of fundamental rights and freedoms, and, on the other hand, the expansion of legal claims and the evolution of human rights.

scholarly journals The constitutional protection of property: The case of Kosovo

SEER ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-66
Author(s):  
Ardrit Gashi
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
European Convention ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
General Applicability ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Constitutional Protection ◽  
European Court ◽  
Fundamental Rights And Freedoms

One of the main constitutional legal protections in Kosovo is that applying to property. The Constitution guarantees this and it can therefore be realised at the Constitutional Court. Problems regarding the protection of property have, for many reasons, been a continuous feature of Kosovan institutions and society, notably after 1999. Therefore, this topic, both in the light of the constitutional provisions and in interaction with the standards and interpretations of the European Court of Human Rights, constitutes a highly important one for analysis. This article presents aspects of the requirements for filing complaints over the protection of property, emphasising the position of the European Convention on Human Rights in the Kosovo legal system and the application of Protocol 1 of the Convention. The paper refers mainly to Kosovo, but the academic discourse it generates has general applicability. The Constitutional Court, based on Article 53 of the Constitution, obliges all public authorities to implement the best practice of the European Court in adjudicating the Constitutional guarantees on fundamental rights and freedoms.

Competitive Jurisdictions of Local Administration Authorities and Notaries for the Certification Purposes in Montenegro

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 439-459
Author(s):  
Velibor Korać
Keyword(s):  
Legal System ◽  
Public Interest ◽  
Local Administration ◽  
Legal Certainty ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Political Reason

With the adoption of the new Law on Certification of Signatures, Manuscripts and Transcripts the Montenegrin legislator did not take into account the fact of introducing the notary services into the legal system of Montenegro. Unlike most of the comparative legislations, certification of signatures, transcripts and manuscripts have not been transferred to the exclusive competence of notaries, but a competitive competence of notaries, local administration authorities and the courts in carrying out these assignments has been retained. Further retention of competitive jurisdiction in this matter is not justified any more. The analysis of this decision has shown that it leads to an unequal position, depending on the authority before which the certification is performed, whereas the obligations and professional competences of officials and notaries are different. Notarial certifications contribute to greater legal certainty and besides are more available to the citizens and not more expensive. Parallel jurisdiction is not a standard of notarial services in European continental law which has adopted the Latin model of notary as a independent profession having public authorities. This solution does not lead to building a legal certainty, protection of public interest and relieving the work of courts and administrative authorities, which has been the underlying legal political reason for introducing notariat.

scholarly journals El artículo 53 de la Constitución Española de 1978: esquema de la evolución y del estado de situación de sus instrumentos de reconocimiento y garantía de las libertades y derechos fundamentales (1978-2017) // Article 53 of the Spanish Constitution of 1978: outline of the evolution and the situation of their instruments for the guarantee of the Fundamental Rights (1978-2017)

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (100) ◽  
pp. 1099
Author(s):  
Alberto Oehling de los Reyes
Keyword(s):  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
Practical Realization ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
The Public ◽  
Constitutional Protection ◽  
The Core ◽  
Spanish Constitution ◽  
Core Content ◽  
The Social ◽  
Practical Reality

Resumen:El artículo 53 de la Constitución española recoge tres cuestiones básicas: en primer lugar, determina que los derechos y libertades vinculan a todo el poder público; en segundo lugar, determina la protección constitucional y judicial de los derechos y libertades y de los derechos fundamentales; en tercer lugar, reconoce los principios rectores de la política social y económica. En este artículo se analizan estos preceptos y conceptos constitucionales, pero también se estudia su desarrollo legislativo desde 1978 y la realidad práctica hasta el día de hoy. En el artículo también se hace análisis de algunas incoherencias de la jurisprudencia del Tribunal Constitucional en materias fundamentales del artículo 53 de la Constitución española de 1978. La intención es dar una visión de conjunto del artículo 53 de la Constitución desde 1978 hasta hoy.Summary:1. Introduction. 2. The structure of the practical realization of the article 53. 3. Preconditions of the legislation of the rights and freedoms and fundamental rights: 3.1 The principle of subjection and legally binding of all public authorities. 3.2 The principle of legal reserve. 3.3 The core content of the rights and freedoms. 4. The preferred procedure and ordinary summary of the article 53: 4.1 Outline of evolution and situation of the preferred procedure and summary inthe jurisdictional divisions. 4.2 About the protection of fundamental rights with procedural nature. 5. The remedy of amparo in the context of the article 53.2. 6. Approximation to the practical sense of the principles recognized in Chapter III Title I.Abstract:The article 53 of the Spanish Constitution specifies three basic issues: First, determines that the rights and liberties link all the public authorities; Secondly, determines the judicial and constitutional protection of the rights and freedoms and fundamental rights in Spain; Thirdly, recognizes the guiding principles of the social and economic policy. In this article are analysed these constitutional provisions and concepts, but also is studied their legislative development since 1978 and the practical reality until the present day. In the article are also analysed some inconsistencies in the jurisprudence of the SpanishConstitutional Court on fundamental issues about the article 53 of the Spanish Constitution of 1978. The intention is to give an overview of the article 53 of the Constitution from 1978 until today.

The New Swiss Constitution: Foreign and International Influences

2002 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 256-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter Haller
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
French Revolution ◽  
Legal System ◽  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
Founding Fathers ◽  
Swiss Constitution ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Fundamental Rights And Freedoms ◽  
The U.S ◽  
The French Revolution

The comparative analysis of diverse constitutional orders enables a more sophisticated evaluation of the advantages and disadvantages of different models and solutions. Quite often it also serves practical objectives, providing the impulse for improving our own legal system by carefully adopting institutions and procedures that have proven themselves elsewhere. In the case of the Swiss Constitution, the influence of thoughts and concepts developed during the French Revolution and by the Founding Fathers of the U.S. Constitution is quite obvious. More recently, international influences are most apparent in the field of fundamental rights and freedoms.

scholarly journals PANAMA PAPERS DAN DISKURSUS TENTANG PERLINDUNGAN DATA DI INDONESIA: SUATU PERSPEKTIF TEORI KEADILAN BERMARTABAT

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 84
Author(s):  
Jeferson Kameo
Keyword(s):  
Legal System ◽  
Data Protection ◽  
Personal Data ◽  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
Personal Privacy ◽  
Legal Principles ◽  
Legal Rules ◽  
Second Amendment ◽  
Rules And Principles ◽  
The Republic

<p><strong>Abstrak</strong><br />“Setiap orang berhak atas perlindungan diri pribadi, keluarga, kehormatan, martabat, dan harta benda yang di bawah kekuasaannya, serta berhak atas rasa aman dan perlindungan dari ancaman ketakutan untuk berbuat atau tidak berbuat sesuatu yang merupakan hak asasi”. Inilah rumusan dari Pasal 28 G Ayat (1) dari Undang-Undang Dasar, yang dinyatakan Perubahannya yang Kedua dalam suatu Ketetapan Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat Republik Indonesia. Dalam rumusan ketentuan ini orang dapat menyuling semua asas yang mengatur perlindungan data dalam Sistem Hukum Pancasila.Di samping rumusan ketentuan di atas, sejumlah rumusan kaedah hukum lainnya berisi asas-asas yang sama dapat juga ditemukan dalam beberapa Undang-Undang yang berlaku dalam sistem hukum Indonesia. Antara lain, UU No. 8 tahun 2011 tentang ITE. Penulis artikel ini berpendapat bahwa seluruh rumusan ketentuan dimaksud adalah bentuk-bentuk perwujudan diri dari jiwa bangsa (Volksgeist) tempat orang dapat menemukan asas-asas dan kaidah yang mengatur perlindungan data dalam Sistem Hukum Pancasila. Satu dari asas hukum yang melindungi data pribadi dapat digunakan untuk memecahkan skandal terkini, yaitu Panamapapers.</p><p><strong>Abstract</strong></p><p>“Every person has the rights to get protection on his personal/privacy, family, honor, dignity and properties under his power, and has rights to feel secure and to get protection from fear of any threat in order to do or not to do something related to their fundamental rights. This is the formulation of the Article 28 G (1) of the Indonesian Basic Act, mentioned in its Second Amendment mentioned in the Decision of the People's Consultative Assembly of the Republic of Indonesia. In this stipulation one could distil all the legal principles governing data protection in the Pancasila Legal System. Apart from the stipulation mentioned above, some further formulation of legal rules contained similar principles may also be found in several Acts in the Indonesian legal system. Among those Acts, is the Act number 8 of 2011 concerning Information and Electronic Transaction. This writer argues that all of the stipulations are forms of manifestation of the spirit of the Indonesian people (Volksgeist) in which one could find rules and principles governing data protection in the Pancasila Legal System. One of the principles of Law that protect the personal data could be used in order to solve the rescent scandal called Panamapapers.</p>

Mechanism of International Legal Implementation for Human Security at the National Level

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Vadim Avdeevich AVDEEV ◽  
Olga Anatolievna AVDEEVA ◽  
Anton Vitalyevich BYKOV ◽  
Evgeny Vasilyevich ZNAMEROVSKIY ◽  
Alexey Nikolaevich AKSENOV ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
National Level ◽  
Human Security ◽  
The State ◽  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
Legal Principles ◽  
Personal Security ◽  
Fundamental Rights And Freedoms ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Criminal Legislation

The research analyzes current trends in ensuring personal security taking into account International Law. The priority position of the individual declared by the norms of international law is assessed differently by national legal systems. The interest of States in preserving the inviolability of fundamental human rights and freedoms implies the use of various mechanisms to achieve these goals. New trends in socio-economic development in the context of globalization predetermine the need to improve the national system for ensuring personal security taking into account international legal principles. Attention is focused on the state of human security and fundamental rights and freedoms declared by international and national law and guaranteed by the State. International normative and legal acts aimed at strategic directions of ensuring personal security are subject to analysis. The article notes the relationship between the transformation of socio-economic character and the state, structure, dynamics of crimes against the individual. Bringing the norms of national law into conformity with the norms, principles and provisions of international normative-legal acts of universal and regional character is recognized as one of the directions of ensuring personal security. The research is focused on the key areas of counteracting attacks on the person taking into account the novelization of modern criminal legislation and law enforcement activities. Close attention is paid to the development and implementation of organizational and practical measures to counteract crimes against the individual at federal and regional levels. The strategic directions developed and implemented at the national level to improve the effectiveness of activities related to ensuring human criminological safety are of applied importance. The conceptual directions of realization of the state policy on prevention, suppression and counteraction of violent crime against the person proposed in the article have practical and oriented value.  

scholarly journals An Expanding Meaning of Presidential Amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation

Lex Russica ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 43-52
Author(s):  
A. A. Uvarov
Keyword(s):  
Russian Federation ◽  
Local Population ◽  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Public Power ◽  
Constitutional Amendments ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Fundamental Rights And Freedoms

The paper deals with the issues of interconnectedness and the role of constitutional amendments introduced by the President of the Russian Federation to the current Constitution of the Russian Federation on January 20, 2020. In assessing the meaning and content of a great deal of amendments to Chapter 3 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the author concludes that they have additional, however, sometimes more important value in the context of the hierarchy of constitutional norms, which is directly related to the chapters of the Constitution that are not subject to any revision. Despite the formal inalterability, the foundations of the constitutional order have in fact as a result of the amendments gained such new provisions as: “the stateconstituing people that is a part of the multinational union of equal peoples of the Russian Federation”; “ban on alienation of a part of the territory of the Russian Federation and calls for such actions”; “non-enforcement of decisions of interstate bodies adopted on the basis of the provisions of international agreements of the Russian Federation in their interpretation contrary to the Constitution of the Russian Federation”; “the state guarantee of minimum wage not less than the minimum living wage of the working population.” The rules governing certain fundamental rights and freedoms of man and citizen (art. 37–39, 44 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation) have been supplemented with new content without being formally altered. Ambivalence of local self-government leading to opposition between local and state authorities, partly resulting from the provision of Article 12 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation concerning the autonomy of local self-government bodies. Their failure to enter the system of public authorities is partially minimized by the provision on their unity in the system of public power. However, many, and at first glance minor, amendments to Chapter 8 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation significantly reduce the potential of power for the local population, turn the constituent rules concerning its powers to the reference rule. The conclusion draws attention to some issues in the activity of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation on the implementation of these constitutional amendments.

scholarly journals Oil Exploitation and Constitutional Protection of the Environment in Chad

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Didegomi Dar
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Direct Effect ◽  
Environmental Law ◽  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
Real Problem ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
The Public ◽  
Constitutional Protection ◽  
Oil Exploitation ◽  
The Right

The study on oil exploitation and constitutional protection of the environment in Chad aims to show that despite the constitutional consideration of fundamental rights to the environment, environmental protection remains problematic. This is because the constitutional texts of protections are often ambiguous, incomplete, scattered and derisory. Also, the fact that environmental law is part of the rights-claims which in general are only addressed to the attention of the public authorities, poses a real problem as to its justiciability. Therefore, the right to the environment does not enjoy the same degree of jurisdictional protection as other rights. As a result, they often have no direct effect. Thus, in the oil exploitation framework, the environmental protection offered by the Chadian constitution, could only be insufficient except recourse to the activation of the ordinary ways of right.

scholarly journals Kekuatan Hukum Putusan Mahkamah Konstitusi Terhadap Pencabutan Larangan Keterlibatan Mantan Narapidana Sebagai Pejabat Publik

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 266-280
Author(s):  
Mukhlis Mukhlis ◽  
Eddy Purnama ◽  
Zahratul Idami
Keyword(s):  
Legal System ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Court Decision ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
Legal Certainty ◽  
Legal Principles ◽  
Former Prisoners ◽  
Library Research ◽  
National Legal System

Pencabutan Pasal 67 ayat (2) huruf g pada Undang-Undang Nomor 11 Tahun 2006 oleh Mahkamah Konstitusi Nomor 51/Puu-Xiv/2016 menyangkut pembatasan hak mantan narapidana untuk mencalonkan diri dalam pemilihan kepala daerah tentu akan berpengaruh pada undang-undang lain. Baik undang-undang yang sudah ada maupun yang akan dibentuk karena berkaitan dengan sifat final dan mengikat pada putusan Mahkamah Konstitusi. Tahun 2017 muncul undang-undang baru yang memuat kembali pembatasan hak mantan narapidana yaitu Undang-undang Nomor 7 Tahun 2017. Sehingga menarik diteliti kedudukan putusan Mahkamah Konstitusi dalam sistem hukum nasional? dan apakah kekuatan putusan Mahkamah Konstistusi bisa mempengaruhi perundang-undangan lain secara keseluruhan?. Penelitian ini bertujuan mengkaji kedudukan putusan Mahkamah Konstitusi dalam sistem hukum nasional dan pengaruh kekuatan putusan Mahkamah Konstitusi terhadap perundang-undangan. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode penelitian hukum yuridis normatif. Penelitian yang mencakup asas-asas hukum, sistematika hukum dan taraf sinkronisasi hukum. Sumber data yang digunakan diperoleh dari penelitian perpustakaan serta informasi dari para ahli akan dianalisis dengan pendekatan perundang-undangan dan pendekatan kasus. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa Putusan Mahkamah Konstitusi merupakan aturan yang memiliki peranan setingkat dengan perundang-undangan untuk dilaksanakan. Putusan Mahkamah Konstitusi jelas mampu mempengaruhi semua undang-undang, sehingga undang-undang yang memuat prihal yang sama dipastikan tidak memiliki kepastian hukum. Disarankan adanya suatu aturan hukum yang mempertegas teknis implementasi putusan Mahkamah Konstitusi dalam peraturan perundang-undangan dan tersedianya suatu wadah pengujian kembali terhadap putusan Mahkamah Konstitusi.The revocation of Article 67 paragraph (2) letter g in Law No. 11 of 2006 by the Constitutional Court No. 51 / Puu-Xiv / 2016 concerning restrictions on the rights of former prisoners (ex-convicts) to involve themselves to be the candidate for local election will certainly affect other laws, both the existing laws and laws that will be formed, because they are related to the final and binding characteristic on the decisions of Constitutional Court. In 2017, new law emerged which restated about the restrictions on the rights of former prisoners, namely Law No. 7 of 2017. Thus, it is interesting to investigate the position of the Constitutional Court decision in the national legal system? And whether the power of the Constitutional Court’s decision could influence other legislations as a whole or not? This study aims to examine the position of the Constitutional Court decision in the national legal system and the influence of the power of Constitutional Court decision towards the legislation. This study is conducted by using legal research methods of normative juridical. This research covers legal principles, legal systematic and level of legal synchronization. The source of data used in this research is obtained through library research and information from the experts will be analyzed by legislative approach and case approach. The results of this research indicate that the constitutional court decision is a rule that has the same level as the role of legislation to be implemented. The decision of the Constitutional Court is clearly capable of influencing all laws, so that the law that contains the same subject is certain to have no legal certainty. It is suggested that there should be a legal regulation that reinforces the technical implementation of the Constitutional Court Decision in legislation and the availability of a place for re-testing towards the decisions of Constitutional Court.

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