http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20190324-205438-0 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/from-constitutional-to-political-justice-the-tragic-trajectories-of-the-polish-constitutional-court/ From Constitutional to Political Justice: The Tragic Trajectories of the Polish Constitutional Court Koncewicz, Tomasz Tadeusz eng 2019-02-27 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Constitutional Capture Constitutional Court Democratic Backsliding political justice Rule of Law Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 The Polish Constitutional Court, once a proud institution and an effective check on the will of the majority, is now a shell of its former self. The constitutional scars of the capture affect not only the legitimacy of the institution, but also the very constitutionality of the “decisions” rendered by the new court in 2017-2018.