Treść książki
Przejdź do opcji czytnikaPrzejdź do nawigacjiPrzejdź do informacjiPrzejdź do stopki
cyjny(ConstitutionalTribunal)correctlyobserved,Htheclauseof
thedemocraticruleoflawisitsownkindofcollectiveexpression
ofarangeofrulesandprinciples,which,althoughnotincluded
expressisverbisinthewrittentextoftheConstitution,deriveim-
plicitlyfromtheaxiologyandtheessenceofthedemocraticrule
oflaw.Theserulesandprincipleswereofthemostvariedchar-
acterandreferredtomateriallaw(Ź)andtotheso-calledprin-
ciplesofdecentlegislation.”2Itisworthnoting,however,thatthe
ConstitutionoftheRepublicofPolandexpressesindetailarange
ofprinciplesandrules,whichtheConstitutionalTribunalprevi-
ouslyderivedfromthisclause.Thisgenerallydidnotchangethe
meaning,butitdidpermitclarifyingcertainquestions.Thisis
particularlyapparentinthecontextofregulationspertainingto
individualrightsandfreedoms.
Decodingtheaforementionedrulesandprincipleshasshaped
toagreatdegreetherulingsoftheConstitutionalTribunaland
thedoctrineofconstitutionallaw.Theserulesandprinciplescan
befurtherdividedintothosethatrefertotheformalunderstand-
ingoftheruleoflawandthosethatareofamaterialcharacter.
Themostprominentamongtheformerareconstitutionalism,
legalism,theseparationofpowers,thepriorityofthelaw,the
principleofcorrectlegislation(strictlyspeakingthesetofrules
thatisconnectedwithit),andonlystatutoryinterferenceinthe
sphereofindividualrightsandfreedoms.Fromamaterialpoint
ofview,themostimportantisthenecessityofcompliancewith
legalnormswithinavaluesystemthatisacceptabletosociety,
whichisindicatedbythelinkbetweentheideaoftheruleoflaw
andnaturallawconcepts.
4.Thefirstoftheseistheprincipleofconstitutionalism.Firstof
all,itassumesthattheentiretyofthelegalsystemrestsonthe
normssetforthinthebasiclaw,whichmeansthatwearedis-
cussingthenarrowmeaningofthisconcept.Thisunderstanding,
which,inprinciple,iscommonincontinentalconstitutionalism,
2JudgmentoftheConstitutionalTribunalof25November1997,
K26/97,OTKZU1997,No.56,item64.
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