Post by Staats- en bestuursrecht Universiteit van Amsterdam

𝗨𝗿𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝗘𝗶𝗷𝗸𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗜·𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘀𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺 🖋️ Militant constitutionalism is often presented as a novel response to democratic backsliding. In his contribution to the I·CONnect symposium, Ursus Eijkelenberg traces the genealogy of militant constitutionalism and argues that this seemingly novel concept largely rearticulates the logic, mechanisms, and sentiments of post-war constitutional consolidation. Reflecting critically on the underlying assumptions and potential consequences of militant constitutionalism, Ursus suggests that legalistic strategies for defending constitutional democracy may have reached their limits. The question is raised whether constitutional law has been moving in the wrong direction or has gone too far in what may once have been the right direction. The 10-part I·CONnect symposium is the outcome of a workshop on militant constitutionalism organized by Michał Stambulski, Corrado Caruso and Paul Blokker at Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna. 📖 You can read Ursus’ contribution here: https://lnkd.in/e2ZpzRHE #staatsrecht #constitutionalism #democracy #UvA