Constitutional conflicts in the European Union: Court packing in Poland versus the United States

Court packing greatly threatens democracy. This paper examines, compares and draws conclusions from two attempts: The PiS government is near to packing Polish courts; President Roosevelt tried but failed to pack the U.S. Supreme Court in 1937. In most democracies a head of government with a legislat...

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Main Author: Sweeney Richard J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2018-11-01
Series:Economics and Business Review
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.18559/ebr.2018.4.1