EAN: 9783926397614

DER RECHTSSTAAT IN DER KRISE - WAS TUN? - KÖNIG...

With the Thyssen Lectures the Fritz Thyssen Foundation is continuing a tradition that is
initiated beginning in Germany in 1979 and followed by venues at a series of universitites in
the Czech Republic  Israel  the Russian Republic and  most recently  in Turkey. The series in
Greece is being organised for a period of four years under the leadership of Prof. Vassilios
Skouris  former President of the European Court of Justice and current Director of the Centre
of International and European Economic Law (CIELL)  and is dedicated to the framework topic of
the EU as a community of European law and values. THE CRISIS OF THE STATE GOVERNED BY THE RULE
OF LAW - WHAT TO DO? In a liberal constitutional state  rule of law and democracy are two sides
of the same coin. In a democracy as well  freedom requires state power to be constrained by law
and action by the state to be subject to checks and controls by autonomous and impartial courts
of law. In some EU Member States  the rule of law is being undermined  with governing elites
citing the democratically legitimised rule of the majority as pretext. In the process  state
institutions empowered with exercising checks and controls  such as courts of law  law
enforcement agencies  police and intelligence services  are forced to tow the line  while key
positions are filled with their own cronies. The EU has taken a number of steps to counteract
this development. These include  in particular  case law handed down by the ECJ laying down
requirements governing the independence of Member State courts. Although these measures are now
having an impact  the crisis afflicting rule of law and democracy can ultimately only be
resolved politically. Above all  the political will of the remaining Member States and a
commitment on the part of their respective civil society are needed to preserve the EU as a
community of law and values.

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