ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Andrea Procházková

Andrea Procházková is a Ph.D. candidate at the Faculty of Law at Charles University in Prague. She specializes in constitutional law and political science. Andrea also works as a deputy editor-in-chief and journalist at the Czech magazine Respekt, where she covers legal and political issues.

POSTS BY Andrea Procházková

31 August 2023

Andrea Procházková

How to Form the Czech Constitutional Court?

Politically, summers in the Czech Republic are often quiet. This year is different. A newly elected president, Petr Pavel, is selecting almost all of the fifteen members of the Czech Constitutional Court ("CCC") during the next two years. Unexpectedly, Pavel's selection process has sparked a great deal of controversy and discussion about how a president should choose constitutional judges. What happened? And what are the main lessons to be learned from the current situation in the Czech Republic? Continue reading >>