Language:
English
Year of publication:
2023
Titel der Quelle:
Israel Law Review
Angaben zur Quelle:
56,3 (2023) 471-481
Keywords:
Democracy
;
Constitutional law
Abstract:
This article examines the necessity for constitutional adjudication in a democracy. Democracy is not the government of the minority by the majority, but self-government of the people in a pluralist society. The article regards constitutional adjudication as a necessary component of a constitutional democracy to preserve self-government and individual rights as a pre-condition for the acceptance of majority decisions by the minority. Thus, constitutional adjudication is needed to uphold the possibility of democratic change and to protect individual rights also against the majority. Recent critique of individual decisions does not change this basic insight and practice of constitutional democracies.
DOI:
10.1017/S0021223723000122
URL:
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