http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20181008-095107-0 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/existential-judicial-review-in-retrospect-subversive-jurisprudence-in-prospect-the-polish-constitutional-court-then-now-and-tomorrow/ “Existential Judicial Review” in Retrospect, “Subversive Jurisprudence” in Prospect. The Polish Constitutional Court Then, Now and … Tomorrow Koncewicz, Tomasz Tadeusz eng 2018-10-07 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Constitutional Capture emergency constitutional review judicial independence Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Does anybody still remember what has happened to the Polish Constitutional Court – the first institution to be razed to the ground by the Polish counter-revolution? The “new court” that has emerged from the rubbles of the rule of law has more than readily embraced a new role of serving its political masters. The transformation of a once-proud and respected institution into a pawn on the political chessboard painfully reminds us of how deep off the cliff Poland has fallen in just three years.