nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20170824-102331 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 170824s2017||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20170824-102331 doi eng 342 23 Matczak, Marcin Author aut Defenceless Formalists: on Abuse of Law and the Weakness of the Polish Judiciary Matczak, Marcin Verfassungsblog 2017-08-24 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Poland’s constitutional crisis is caused by the power of those who attack the rule of law, but also by the weakness of those who defend it. This weakness derives from courts taking a traditional formalist approach, excluding purposive and functional argumentation and leaving themselves prone to attack by the abuse of power through the other branches of government. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Formalism Judiciary Polish Constitutional Tribunal Rule of Law Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/defenceless-formalists-on-abuse-of-law-and-the-weakness-of-the-polish-judiciary/ raw object