http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/13506711932ad4fd https://verfassungsblog.de/taiwan-recall-democracy/ The Great Recall Movement - Civic Self-Rescue for Taiwan’s Constitutional Democracy Lai, You-Hao eng 2025-07-24 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Constitutional Crisis Constitutionalism Militant Democracy Social Movements Taiwan Taiwan civil society democracy Taiwan Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 Confronted with lawmakers they themselves elected just eighteen months ago, Taiwanese citizens have creatively repurposed the antiquated mechanism of "recall" as a last-resort check on a runaway legislature. Sparked by a year of legislative overreach and erosion of constitutional checks, this unprecedented campaign reflects Taiwan's spirit of civic constitutionalism, and its determination to defend its democratic institutions.