nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20180301-101850 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 180301s2018||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20180301-101850 doi eng 342 23 Matczak, Marcin Author aut The Rule of Law in Poland: A Sorry Spectacle Matczak, Marcin Verfassungsblog 2018-03-01 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier With political appointments to its National Council of the Judiciary, Poland is now seeing the next step in the dismantling the rule of law. The change in the procedure for appointments to the Council was one of the reasons thousands of Poles took to the streets last summer to protest in the name of independent courts. Their fears have turned out to be well founded. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Council of the Judiciary judicial independence Rule of Law Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/the-rule-of-law-in-poland-a-sorry-spectacle/ raw object