nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20170317-212917 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 170317s2017||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20170317-212917 doi eng 342 23 Grzelak, Agnieszka Author aut Sententia non existens – the future of jurisprudence of the Polish Constitutional Tribunal? Grzelak, Agnieszka Verfassungsblog 2017-03-17 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier One of the latest topics in the debate on the future of constitutional control in Poland concerns the possibility and the need of common court judges to directly apply the Constitution. This possibility has already existed in theory – according to the Article 8 para 2 of the Constitution of Poland, the provisions of the Constitution shall apply directly, unless the Constitution provides otherwise. However, in practice, until now in case when the conformity of the normative act with the Constitution was questioned in particular case, the court has always referred the question of law the Constitutional Tribunal. The need to come back to the discussion on direct applicability of the Constitution stems from the questionable legality of some Constitutional Tribunal rulings in connection with the incorrect appointment of three so-called “quasi-judges” in December 2015. funded by the government CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Constitutional Review Polish Constitutional Tribunal Rule of Law Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/sententia-non-existens-the-future-of-jurisprudence-of-the-polish-constitutional-tribunal/ raw object