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Ex-Ministers as Constitutional Judges

Name: Ex-Ministers as Constitutional Judges
Brand: Oxford University Press
SKU: 9780198930198
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Contributors:

Mathias MÃ¶schel

Publisher:

Oxford University Press

Binding:

Hardcover

Book Category:

Law, Political Science

Book Subcategory:

Constitutional, Comparative, Constitutions

Series:

Oxford Comparative Constitutionalism

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Release Date:

2025-06-06

ISBN 13:

9780198930198

Weight:

0 lbs

Size:

16

Pages:

224

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The appointment of former politicians to constitutional courts is a global phenomenon. While ex-politician appointees may bring status, visibility, knowledge, and political awareness to the job, their previous roles may influence their assessment of legislations' constitutionality. Ex-Ministers as Constitutional Judges sheds light on this practice in four of the world's oldest and most established constitutional courts: Austria, France, Germany, and Italy.

Weaving together legal, political, sociological, and historical sources, including press articles, surveys, and interviews with constitutional judges and high-level personnel, the book provides the first comprehensive exploration of ex-politicians becoming constitutional court judges. It analyses the advantages and disadvantages such personalities bring to constitutional courts, as well as assessing what limitations supranational law may set for such participation. Whereas the participation of ex-ministers does not seem to have posed serious structural issues to constitutional courts so far, this volume posits that the risks have been underestimated. In this context, Ex-Ministers as Constitutional Judges ultimately suggests normative steps for minimizing such risks and strengthening the independence and impartiality of constitutional courts in view of democratic and constitutional backsliding.

About the Author
Mathias M?schel, Head of the Legal Studies Department, Central European University

Mathias M?schel is Full Professor and Head of the Legal Studies Department of Central European University, Vienna (Austria). He holds an undergraduate law degree from Milan State University, an LLM from Berkeley Law, and a PhD from the European University Institute. He has also worked and taught in Italy, France, the United States, and Hungary. His research, teaching, and publications fall broadly in the field of comparative (constitutional) law, international human rights law, and non-discrimination law.

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