nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20180809-090230-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 180808s2018||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20180809-090230-0 doi eng 342 23 Grzeszczak, Robert Author aut The Rule of Law Crisis in Poland: A New Chapter Grzeszczak, Robert Verfassungsblog 2018-08-08 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The current controversies on the Polish Supreme Court resemble the conflict over the Constitutional Tribunal in 2015-216 to some extent. However, the Supreme Court took new steps on August 2, when it referred five questions to the Court of Justice of the EU and requested a preliminary ruling. All five questions relate (more or less directly) to the principles of (1) independence of the courts and (2) the judicial independence under the circumstances of the rule of law crisis in Poland and thus have a potential of becoming a key aspect in the Polish rule of law crisis. funded by the government CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 judicial independence Polish Supreme Court Karolewski, Ireneusz Pawel Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/the-rule-of-law-crisis-in-poland-a-new-chapter/ raw object