nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20211221-235952-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 211221s2021||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20211221-235952-0 doi eng 342 23 Sandro, Paolo Author aut Constitutional Democracy and The Sound of (Academic) Silence An Initial Reply to Jan Komárek Sandro, Paolo Verfassungsblog 2021-12-21 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Many constitutions, and the liberal values that permeate them, constitute the reaction to the mass atrocities, often in the face of academic silence (if not full-blown endorsement). Therefore, a constitutional law scholar that does not denounce attempts to subvert the constitutional order as such is actually sacrificing the pursuit of legal knowledge at the altar of a misguided – and historically damned – attempt at ‘neutrality’. The sound of academic silence, in the face of constitutional regression, is deafening. funded by the government CC BY-SA 4.0 Academic Freedom Constitutionalism Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/constitutional-democracy-and-the-sound-of-academic-silence/ raw object