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http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20161219-171200 https://verfassungsblog.de/constitutional-capture-in-poland-2016-and-beyond-what-is-next/ Constitutional Capture in Poland 2016 and Beyond: What is Next? Koncewicz, Tomasz Tadeusz eng 2016-12-19 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Constitutional Crisis PiS Poland Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 2016 will go down in history as fundamental in the institutional history of Polish Constitutionalism. It began with an unprecedented attack on the Constitutional Tribunal, rule of law, checks and balances and judicial independence. It ends with full-blown constitutional crisis. The dramatic events in the Sejm and on the streets only corroborate that Poland is on the slippery slope towards autocracy.