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The Twilight of the Separation of Powers: Proportionality as a Method of Solving Institutional Issues

Authors

HAPLA Martin

Year of publication 2020
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Hungarian Journal of Legal Studies
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Law

Citation
web Open access časopisu
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1556/2052.2020.00227
Keywords Constitutional theory; Legitimacy of judicial decision making; Proportionality; Separation of powers; System of checks and balances
Description The author examines the tension that exists between the various components of the separation of powers (in particular the ideas of independence and separation, and the system of checks and balances). He analyses different ways of solving them. Attention is paid, for example, to attempting to supplement the separation of powers with some other normative thesis. The author rejects previous approaches and argues that the components of the separation of powers can be understood as separate principles. Conflicts between these principles should be resolved through proportionality.
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