nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20210204-115958-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 210204s2021||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20210204-115958-0 doi eng 342 23 Sterk, Kees Author aut Judiciaries Must Build Support in Societies Sterk, Kees Verfassungsblog 2021-02-04 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The continuous attack on the judiciary in Poland, starting with the subjugation of the Constitutional Court, have shown that legal safeguards provide only an illusionary protection in case both the national legislator and the Constitutional Court have been taken over by politicians who do not believe in the rule of law. Why is it relatively easy for governments to push judiciaries over? They have a fundamental weakness: their lack of connection with society. Judiciaries have a strong tendency to solely rely on legal protections, instead of also on public support. funded by the government CC BY-SA 4.0 empirical research judicial independence Poland van Dijk, Frans Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/judiciaries-must-build-support-in-societies/ raw object