Constitutional Identity as implied limits of constitutional amendment powers. The case of Poland
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https://doi.org/10.12775/10.12775/TSP-W.2019.003Keywords
constitutional amendment, Constitutional Identity, Constitution of the Republic of Poland, democracyAbstract
Ongoing discussions on the need to amend the effective Constitution of the Republic of Poland of 2 April 1997 or to enact a new Fundamental Law have made the question on the limits of permitted modifications of system-related decisions to become increasingly pertinent also in the context of Polish constitutional law. The question posed above naturally raises further questions: the importance of the constitution itself,its role in the legal system, the relationship between constituent power and constituted power, as well as the interdependence between constitutionalism and democracy. These questions are well embedded in theoretical and legal considerations, and the answers to
them depend to a large extent on the adoption of specific initial assumptions.
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