Jurisprudencial Siblings? The Rule of Law and the Rechtsstaat as the Two Tracks to the Society, Public Sphere and their Normative Framework

Karolina M. Cern; Barbara Janusz-Pohl

doi:10.18778/0208-6069.114.02

Autor

Karolina M. Cern Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3162-6906
Barbara Janusz-Pohl Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7135-4960

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18778/0208-6069.114.02

Słowa kluczowe:

praworządność, państwo prawa – (Rechtsstaat), średniowieczny konstytucjonalizm, sfera publiczna, Trybunał Sprawiedliwości Unii Europejskiej (TSUE), rozporządzenie TSUE (UE, Euratom) 202/2092

Abstrakt

W niniejszym artykule odnosimy się do artykułu profesora Martina Loughlina pt. “The Rule of Law: A Slogan in Search of a Concept” (2024). Biorąc powyższe pod uwagę, (1) przedstawiamy trzy tezy badawcze, aby je uzasadnić, (2) krótko przedstawiamy i omawiamy argumenty dotyczące pojawienia się koncepcji praworządności w XII-wiecznym angielskim prawie zwyczajowym, sformułowane przez amerykańskiego historyka konstytucji Charlesa Howarda McIlwaina. (3) Ponieważ teza McIlwaina dotycząca średniowiecznego rozróżnienia między jurisdictio i gubernaculum została omówiona w pracach Gianluigiego Palombelli, przedstawiamy również kluczowe elementy i punkty argumentacji Palombelli dotyczące praworządności (RoL) w odróżnieniu od koncepcji państwa prawnego – Rechtsstaat. (4) Biorąc pod uwagę ukształtowane historycznie cechy charakterystyczne składające się na koncepcję praworządności, analizujemy proces, w ramach którego została ona wdrożona przez Trybunał Sprawiedliwości Unii Europejskiej (TSUE), a następnie skupiamy się na prawnej definicji „praworządności” zawartej w rozporządzeniu Parlamentu Europejskiego (UE, Euratom) nr 202/2092 z dnia 16 grudnia 2020 r. (5) Na zakończenie analizy wskazujemy pokrótce czynniki, które wymagają aktualnej analizy, aby uzyskać kompleksową charakterystykę porównawczą pojęć praworządności (RoL) i państwo prawa Rechtsstaat (faza normatywno-opisowa) oraz ułatwić rekonstrukcję rozbieżności w ich ujmowaniu.

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