nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20220104-210144-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 220104s2022||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20220104-210144-0 doi eng 342 23 Gargarella, Roberto Author aut Restoring the Validity of Law in Democratic Societies Gargarella, Roberto Verfassungsblog 2022-01-04 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The questions posed by Professors Andrew Arato and András Sajó in their open letter Restoring Constitutionalism are pressing and of utmost public importance. Many of the issues and controversies raised in the letter arise after “democratic backsliding has taken place” and when the constitution already includes “entrenched authoritarian enclaves”. Taking this context into consideration, I will examine a more basic issue, namely the validity of law in a democratic society. CC BY-SA 4.0 Chile Constitutional Reset Latin America Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/restoring-the-validity-of-law-in-democratic-societies/ raw object