nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20211117-202408-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 211117s2021||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20211117-202408-0 doi eng 342 23 Arato, Andrew Author aut Restoring Constitutionalism - An open letter Arato, Andrew Verfassungsblog 2021-11-17 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier How to restore constitutionalism and the rule of law is a somewhat neglected problem among constitutionalists. Thanks to forthcoming elections, some countries like Hungary where “democratic backsliding”  has taken place, may have the opportunity to restore the rule of law. Is a democratic community bound to follow constitutional rules of dubious democratic nature? Or can these be replaced in violation of legality, for example in an extra-parliamentary democratic process? If so, under what conditions? We call on constitutionalists to provide answers to these questions and formulate alternatives between the two extremes of legality and paralysis, possibly involving an element of illegality, but compensating for this by dramatic increase of democratic legitimacy. CC BY-SA 4.0 Autocratic Legalism Constitutional Reset Constitutionalism Democratic Backsliding Viktor Orbán Sajó, András Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/restoring-constitutionalism/ raw object