nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20190211-224648-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 181212s2018||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20190211-224648-0 doi eng 342 23 von Achenbach, Jelena Author aut No Case for Legal Interventionism: Defending Democracy Through Protecting Pluralism and Parliamentarism von Achenbach, Jelena Verfassungsblog 2018-12-12 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Being a democrat means accepting that the law is not a very durable sword against authoritarianism. Democratic law bends and submits to the majority. When push comes to shove, it lacks the capacity to defy anti-democratic, authoritarian majorities. Of course, this does not mean that legal mechanisms and instruments are meaningless in this context. They can work against and impede the rise of anti-pluralist, illiberal and anti-democratic political movements. But it is important to acknowledge that legal interventions and prohibitive measures that target anti-liberal, anti-democratic political platforms also pose risks. They may undermine what they are supposed to protect: a free and egalitarian political process that is based on open political competition, pluralism and a free public discourse. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/no-case-for-legal-interventionism-defending-democracy-through-protecting-pluralism-and-parliamentarism/ raw object