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Schmahl, S. (2024). 'Erosion of the Rule of Law: Curtailing the Powers of Constitutional Courts' In E. Hilgendorf, (Ed.), Law in Times of Crisis (1st ed., pp. 133-144)
Schmahl, Stefanie. "Erosion of the Rule of Law: Curtailing the Powers of Constitutional Courts". Law in Times of Crisis, edited by Eric Hilgendorf, Duncker & Humblot, 2024, pp. 133-144.
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Erosion of the Rule of Law: Curtailing the Powers of Constitutional Courts

Schmahl, Stefanie

In: Law in Times of Crisis (2024), pp. 133–144

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Duncker & Humblot
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https://doi.org/10.3790/978-3-428-58941-8.2023.133
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English
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12

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Stefanie Schmahl

Schmahl, Stefanie, Prof. Dr., Faculty of Law, Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg, Germany

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Stefanie Schmahl: Erosion of the Rule of Law: Curtailing the Powers of Constitutional Courts 133
I. Restrictions on the Powers of the Supreme Court in Israel by the Knesset's February 2023 Draft Law 133
II. Legal Considerations on a Comparable Situation in the Federal Republic of Germany 135
1. Admissibility of Changing the Binding Effect of the Federal Constitutional Court's Decisions? 137
2. Admissibility of Changing the Modalities for Electing Judges of the Federal Constitutional Court? 138
3. Result 141
III. Conclusion 142
Bibliography 143

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