nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20190212-110238-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 181206s2018||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20190212-110238-0 doi eng 342 23 Grabenwarter, Christoph Author aut Constitutional Resilience Grabenwarter, Christoph Verfassungsblog 2018-12-06 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Resilience of a body in general describes the ability to cope with an attack on its immune system. What is undisputed in psychology or biology is also valid for legal bodies, in particular for states. The term “constitutional resilience” obviously refers to the abilities of constitutions to cope with attacks and in the end to cope with a real crisis. In searching for answers on what constitutional resilience is, this article asks three questions: Where are the vulnerable parts of a democratic state governed by the rule of law? How can one protect the vulnerability of the state or some of its features? If vulnerable parts of a Constitution are properly protected – are the democratic state and its constitution safe? funded by the government CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Autocracy Constitutionalism Venice Commission Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/constitutional-resilience/ raw object