nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/360b3642fd7715d0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 231206s2023||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/360b3642fd7715d0 doi eng 342 23 Safjan, Marek Author aut We Are Not Helpless - How Poland can restore the Rule of Law by referring to its constitutional foundations Safjan, Marek Verfassungsblog 2023-12-06 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The current debate on how to restore the standards of a democratic state under the rule of law in Poland reminds me of the dilemma faced by King Rex, as described by Lon L. Fuller. Like the king constantly falling into a trap we equally seem to be trapped. We know what should be done and what compliance with the rule of law means, yet we try to convince each other that every conceivable way out is bad. So do we need to refrain from taking any action and look in frustration at the systematic deformation of mechanisms that have worked quite well in Poland for a quarter century and protected us from pathology and the abuse of law? CC BY-SA 4.0 Democratic Backsliding Poland Rule of Law Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/we-are-not-helpless/ raw object