nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20170604-190459 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 170604s2017||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20170604-190459 doi eng 342 23 Blokker, Paul Author aut From legal to political constitutionalism? Blokker, Paul Verfassungsblog 2017-06-04 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier While the developments in Poland and in Hungary clearly have to do with a move away from legal constitutionalism, I am not so sure about their moving towards a form of political constitutionalism, as prof. Adam Czarnota suggests. In my view, a key dimension of political constitutionalism is the observation that specific constitutional norms and rights are ultimately ‘essentially contestable’ as reasonable disagreement is an intrinsic part of democracy. Therefore, the understanding and interpretation of such norms and rights ought to remain part of an on-going political debate, rather than being one-sidedly interpreted by the judiciary. Such an open and inclusionary political debate ought to take place within the limits of the constitution, as a basic framework for resolving disagreements. And it ought to be grounded in the ideas of audi alteram partem and the equal weight of different views in the debate. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/from-legal-to-political-constitutionalism/ raw object