nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20181220-132442-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 181218s2018||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20181220-132442-0 doi eng 342 23 Koncewicz, Tomasz Tadeusz Author aut The Democratic Backsliding and the European constitutional design in error. When will HOW meet WHY? Koncewicz, Tomasz Tadeusz Verfassungsblog 2018-12-18 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier When is the constitutional design of any (domestic, international, supranational) polity in error? On the most general level such critical juncture obtains when polity’s founding document (treaty, convention, constitution) protects against the dangers that no longer exist or does not protect against the dangers that were not contemplated by the Founders. While discussion of the evolution of human rights and international actors in response to social change (LGBT, euthanasia, abortion) is well documented, such evolution with regard to political change (transition from one sort of government to another) is less well documented. Constitutions not only constitute but should also protect against de-constitution. For supranational legal order to avoid a deadlock of „being in error” in the above sense, the systemic threats coming from within the polity’s component parts must be recognised and constitutional design be changed accordingly. funded by the government CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Communal Constitutionalism Democratic Backsliding EU values Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/the-democratic-backsliding-and-the-european-constitutional-design-in-error-when-how-meets-why/ raw object