Constitutional Courts as Crisis-Preventing Actors: The Case of Slovakia

• In Event: Comparative and International Approaches to Law and Jurisprudence

Brief Overview

This paper examines the role of the Slovak Constitutional Court (CC) as a democratic crisis-preventing actor. Through the Slovak case study, it presents a framework for the role of constitutional courts in times when democracy stands under pressure.

Authors

• Sascha Kneip, WZB Berlin Social Science Center

• Max Steuer, Comenius University