scholarly journals Interpretation of the Principle of Municipality Self-Reliance in the Context of Constitutional Principles of Law

2020 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-119
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Daniluk
Keyword(s):  
Separation Of Powers ◽  
Case Law ◽  
Public Law ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Reliance ◽  
Democratic State ◽  
Inherent Feature ◽  
Subsidiarity Principle ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Judicial Protection

Abstract In the science of administrative and constitutional law, administration science and many other sciences, including political science, it is widely accepted that the basic, inherent feature of a municipality, deciding the essence of the territorial self-government unit as an entity of public administration, is the self-reliance it is entitled to. The self-reliance of territorial self-government units is even defined as a constitutional norm. In principle, self-reliance is perceived as a fundamental attribute of a decentralised public authority and constitutes one of the fundamental systemic principles of the Republic of Poland. It was formulated expressis verbis in art. 165 par. 2 of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland, which states that the self-reliance of territorial self-government units is subject to judicial protection, meaning that TSGUs can defend themselves against illegal attempts, not grounded in the law to interfere in their self-reliance. This protection seems to encompass both the private-law and public-law spheres of territorial self-government activity. The essence and guarantees of territorial self-government units’ self-reliance also arise from other constitutional principles, including the aforementioned decentralisation principle, subsidiarity principle, separation of powers, supremacy of the nation and democratic state under rule of law. The goal of this article is to interpret the principle of municipal self-reliance in the context of constitutional principles of law, in the light of the Polish Constitution. The studies were conducted based on analysis of normative acts, doctrinal views and case law.

II Constitutional Jurisprudence, 5 Powers and Conflicts

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barsotti Vittoria ◽  
Carozza Paolo G ◽  
Cartabia Marta ◽  
Simoncini Andrea
Keyword(s):  
Separation Of Powers ◽  
Case Law ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
Reciprocal Relations ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Constitutional System ◽  
Constitutional Jurisprudence ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Principal Lines

By presenting the Court’s principal lines of case law regarding the allocation of powers in the Italian constitutional system, this chapter explores the constitutionally regulated relationships among the President, Executive, Parliament, and Judiciary. It reveals that rather than a “separation of powers” in the conventional sense of contemporary constitutional models, the Italian system is best described as instituting a set of reciprocal “relations of powers” with the Constitutional Court as the “judge of powers” that maintains and guarantees these interrelationships of constitutional actors. The chapter explores this role of the Constitutional Court in its relations with both Parliament and the President of the Republic, as well as the Court’s regulation of the relationship between the President and the Executive.

scholarly journals On the issue of the right of legislative initiative

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 85-90
Author(s):  
Elmira Qazvinova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Separation Of Powers ◽  
State Power ◽  
Political Rights ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
The People ◽  
Democratic State ◽  
Legislative Initiative ◽  
Fundamental Law ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Right

The Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan reflects all the basic principles that characterize a democratic state system. The fundamental law of our country states that the only source of power is the people, and also that the Republic of Azerbaijan is a democratic and legal state, and state power is based on the principle of separation of powers. It is gratifying to note that in addition to political rights, such as the right to elections and referendum, citizens have other opportunities to participate in the exercise of state power, one of which is the right of legislative initiative of citizens.

scholarly journals O PARADIGMA DO ESTADO DEMOCRÁTICO DE DIREITO: ESTRUTURA CONCEITUAL E DESAFIOS CONTEMPORÂNEOS

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (55) ◽  
pp. 485
Author(s):  
Mauricio Godinho DELGADO ◽  
José Roberto Freire PIMENTA ◽  
Ivana NUNES
Keyword(s):  
Western Europe ◽  
Case Law ◽  
The United States ◽  
Second World War ◽  
Liberal State ◽  
Democratic State ◽  
The Social ◽  
German Constitution ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Second World

RESUMOO constitucionalismo ocidental caracteriza-se pela presença de três paradigmas mais destacados. O mais antigo, denominado de Estado Liberal de Direito, originário dos documentos constitucionais do século XVIII dos EUA e da França, foi antecedido pelo pioneirismo constitucional britânico, de origem costumeira, jurisprudencial e parlamentar, desde o século XVII. No Brasil, teve influência na Constituição de 1891. O paradigma do Estado Social de Direito, oriundo dos documentos constitucionais da segunda década do século XX, como a Constituição do México, de 1917, e a Constituição da Alemanha, de 1919. No Brasil, despontou na Constituição de 1934, desenvolvendo-se também na Constituição de 1946. Por fim, o paradigma do Estado Democrático de Direito, também chamado de Constitucionalismo Humanista e Social, foi arquitetado em países da Europa Ocidental a partir de 1945/46, logo depois do término da Segunda Grande Guerra. Esses três paradigmas são estudados neste texto, com o objetivo de melhor compreender as características inerentes ao paradigma do Estado Democrático de Direito. Tal paradigma, a propósito, chegou ao Brasil apenas por intermédio da Constituição da República de 1988. O presente estudo também analisa as adversidades e os desafios que tem sido antepostos ao novo paradigma constitucional nas últimas décadas no Ocidente. PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Paradigmas Constitucionais; O Estado Democrático de Direito como Novo Paradigma Constitucional; Desafios ao Constitucionalismo Humanista e Social. ABSTRACT Western constitutionalism is characterized by the presence of three main paradigms. The oldest, known as the Liberal State, arising from the constitutional documents of the eighteenth century in the United States and France, was preceded by the pioneering British constitutionalism, of customary, case law, parliamentary origins, since the seventeenth century. In Brazil, it influenced the Constitution of 1891. The Social State paradigm originated in the constitutional documents of the second decade of the twentieth century, such as the Mexican Constitution of 1917 and the German Constitution of 1919. In Brazil, this paradigm emerged in the Constitution of 1934 as well as in the Constitution of 1946. Finally, the Democratic State paradigm, also called Humanist and Social Constitutionalism, was designed in Western Europe from 1945/46 onwards, shortly after the end of the Second World War. These three paradigms are studied in this text in order to better understand the inherent characteristics of the Democratic State paradigm. This paradigm, incidentally, only reached Brazil through the Constitution of the Republic of 1988. The present study also analyzes the adversities and challenges faced by the new constitutional paradigm over the past decades in the West. KEYWORDS: Constitutional Paradigms; The Democratic State as a New Constitutional Paradigm; Challenges to Humanist and Social Constitutionalism.

Problems of Creation and Functioning of Constitutional (Charter) Courts of the Subjects of the Russian Federation

2019 ◽  
pp. 51-57
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Separation Of Powers ◽  
Legal Proceedings ◽  
Democratic State ◽  
Justices Of The Peace ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Constitutional Justice ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Judicial Protection

Constitutional (statutory) courts are among the most effective bodies to protect the rights and freedoms of citizens. As a result of constitutional (statutory) legal proceedings, not only the person who filed the complaint receives judicial protection, but also other citizens whose rights were violated or could be violated, since recognizing a normative legal act as inadequate to the constitution, such a court cancels it. In his work, the author attempts to objectively assess the level and state of constitutional justice in the regions of the Russian Federation. In view of the fact that, with the exception of justices of the peace, the constitutional (statutory) courts are the only courts of the subjects of the Russian Federation, their absence in most entities violates the principle of separation of powers that is necessary in any democratic state. In addition, constitutional (statutory) courts play an important part in protecting the rights and freedoms of citizens, including allowing them to challenge the constitutionality of a particular law of the subject, as well as, for example, the regulatory legal act of the local government. The author concludes that there is a necessity to organize such courts, analyzes the problems in the already established courts of this category, and also formulates proposals for improving constitutional justice in the subjects of the Russian Federation.

On Selected Issues Concerning Foundation Law in Poland

2019 ◽  
Vol 78 ◽  
pp. 280-295
Author(s):  
Edyta Litwiniuk
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Civil Society ◽  
Case Law ◽  
The State ◽  
Democratic State ◽  
Constitutional Tribunal ◽  
Legal Position ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Statutory Regulation

This paper is an attempt to assess selected aspects of the state of foundation law in Poland in relation to the legal position that the Constitution of the Republic of Poland has granted them. The text analyses selected statutory solutions in the light of separable patterns for reviewing their compliance with constitutional principles and values. In the author’s opinion, the provisions of the Polish Foundations Act and the regulations concerning the financing of foundations violate the constitutional standards of the Republic of Poland. In particular, it has been found that foundation law contains many loopholes, the filling of which requires the use of complicated interpretation techniques, which makes it impossible to ensure that the institution of the foundation is being and will be used properly as an element of civil society in a modern democratic state. Moreover, the opinion was presented that the functioning of foundations is excessively influenced by executive bodies, run by active politicians. This concerns, first of all, the unclear principles of supervision over foundations’ activities, and excessive powers to issue the executive regulations included in the Foundations Act, as well as the principles of the allocation of funds towards grants by the National Freedom Institute, based on a disproportionate freedom of decision making. For these reasons, the author postulates the adjustment of the Polish statutory regulation, dating back to the period of the Polish People’s Republic, to the constitutional standards introduced by the Constitution of 1997 and enshrined in the case law of the Constitutional Tribunal.

scholarly journals SOME QUESTIONS OF THE METHODOLOGY OF HISTORICAL AND LEGAL STUDIES OF THE IDEOLOGICAL AND THEORETICAL BASIS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PRINCIPLE OF SEPARATION OF POWERS IN THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND

2018 ◽  
Vol 64 ◽  
Author(s):  
I.S. Yatsenko
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Basis ◽  
Separation Of Powers ◽  
Legal Research ◽  
Communist State ◽  
Legal Studies ◽  
Democratic State ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Republic

The article attempts to systematize the components of the methodology of historical and legal research, which should be applied in the research of the ideological and theoretical basis of implementation of the principle of separation of powers. Consideration of the components of the methodology of historical and legal research was carried out using the example of the Republic of Poland, which has a long history of origin, development and implementation of the idea of separation of powers and today, like Ukraine, is still in the period of its political and legal transformation from a post-communist state to a developed democratic state.

scholarly journals SEPARATION OF POWERS, CHECKS AND BALANCES AND JUDICIAL EXERCISE OF SELF- RESTRAINT: AN ANALYSIS OF CASE LAW

Obiter ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Magabe T Thabo ◽  
Kola O Odeku
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Separation Of Powers ◽  
State Power ◽  
Case Law ◽  
The State ◽  
The Other ◽  
Judicial Power ◽  
Checks And Balances ◽  
The Republic

The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 creates a system in which there is a separation of the powers exercised by the different branches of the State. It also creates a system of checks and balances. The exercise of a power by one arm of state is checked by another to ensure that there is no abuse of state power. Organs of state ought to respect each other and the powers allocated to them by the Constitution. To this end, no organ of state should encroach upon the domain of the other organs. However, the courts wield enormous power because they are the ultimate guardians and custodians of the Constitution in South Africa. Courts have the power to declare any law or conduct unconstitutional. Where decisions have been taken by other arms of the State on matters falling within their exclusive domain and such decisions violate the Constitution, courts have a duty to intervene in order to make organs of state act within constitutional bounds. However, courts should not be overzealous and should not encroach upon the powers of the other arms of the State when exercising their judicial power and authority. Against this backdrop, this article analyses how the South African courts have cautioned themselves to exercise self-restraint in order not to usurp or encroach upon the powers of the other arms of the State while exercising their judicial authority and power.

The Duty of Care in EU Public Law – A Principle Between Discretion and Proportionality

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-112
Author(s):  
Herwig C.H. Hofmann
Keyword(s):  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Judicial Review ◽  
Separation Of Powers ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Case Law ◽  
Public Law ◽  
Duty Of Care ◽  
Central Feature ◽  
The One ◽  
The Eu

This article concentrates on the 'duty of care' or 'diligence', a principle that has become ubiquitous in CJEU case law due to its central role in calibrating the intensity of judicial review of EU acts on the legislative, regulatory and single-case decision-making levels. This article explores the development of the principle and critically reviews its use as well as whether it actually achieves the demands placed on it. The article further examines the tools developed and the emergence of the duty of care as a principle conferring individual rights in various procedural contexts. The article describes how the duty of care has become a central link between on the one hand, a separation of powers-inspired respect for discretion of the institutions and bodies of the EU and, on the other hand, ensuring a rule of law based effective review of the legality of acts – a central feature in the EU specific approach to developing proportionality.

The Legal Status of Local Government in South Africa under the New Constitutional Dispensation

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mbuzeni Mathenjwa
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Case Law ◽  
The Status ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Republic ◽  
First Time

The history of local government in South Africa dates back to a time during the formation of the Union of South Africa in 1910. With regard to the status of local government, the Union of South Africa Act placed local government under the jurisdiction of the provinces. The status of local government was not changed by the formation of the Republic of South Africa in 1961 because local government was placed under the further jurisdiction of the provinces. Local government was enshrined in the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa arguably for the first time in 1993. Under the interim Constitution local government was rendered autonomous and empowered to regulate its affairs. Local government was further enshrined in the final Constitution of 1996, which commenced on 4 February 1997. The Constitution refers to local government together with the national and provincial governments as spheres of government which are distinctive, interdependent and interrelated. This article discusses the autonomy of local government under the 1996 Constitution. This it does by analysing case law on the evolution of the status of local government. The discussion on the powers and functions of local government explains the scheme by which government powers are allocated, where the 1996 Constitution distributes powers to the different spheres of government. Finally, a conclusion is drawn on the legal status of local government within the new constitutional dispensation.

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