Between civic and legal constitutionalism

Dynamics of Poland’s constitution-making projects of the 1990s

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  • Emilia T. Kowalewska Institute of Political Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1142

Palabras clave:

constitucionalismo, poscomunismo, proceso constitucional, legitimidad democrática, Polonia, constitucionalismo cívico

Resumen

Este artículo examina la manera en que la noción de constitucionalismos en competencia ilustra y explica la evolución del panorama institucional de Polonia durante y después de la etapa comunista. El artículo toma en consideración el impacto de variaciones del constitucionalismo en los procesos constitucionales. Si bien las amenazas recientes al constitucionalismo, décadas después de la transformación política, este artículo rastrea los procesos por los cuales la sociedad y las élites políticas aceptan o rechazan la legitimidad de los marcos constitucionales y sus instituciones y normas El proyecto de redacción de un borrador de constitución apoyado por el sindicato Solidarność favorece un examen original y comparativo de esos temas. Al aplicar el concepto de constitucionalismos en competencia al análisis de datos de archivo, texto, narrativa de entrevistas y encuestas, el estudio pone de manifiesto la tensión entre las políticas de elaboración constitucional, por un lado, y los aspectos simbólicos, sustantivos y axiológicos del constitucionalismo, por el otro.

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Biografía del autor/a

Emilia T. Kowalewska, Institute of Political Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences

Researcher at the Department of Global Security and Strategic Studies of the Institute of Political Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences. Affiliated with the Institute of Philosophy & Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Graduate of the University of Cambridge (Law); University of Lancaster (Society and Politics); and University of Notre Dame (LLM in International Human Rights Law). Former Expert/Consultant at OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, specialised on human rights, anti-trafficking, freedom of assembly. Teaching experience in transitional justice, rule of law and institutional development. Further research interests include socio-legal approaches to constitutionalism, collective memory.

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Kowalewska, E. T. (2020) «Between civic and legal constitutionalism: Dynamics of Poland’s constitution-making projects of the 1990s», Oñati Socio-Legal Series, 10(4), pp. 903–931. doi: 10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1142.