Ústavy a jejich hodnotové rámce na křižovatkách dějin aneb k ústavám vždy s pokorou – Růžička Vlastimil (2023)

With university professor Karel Klíma about the transformations of the constitution in the context of the times, about the meaning of constitutionality that political parties try to bend to their electoral advantage, and about the significance of constitutional judiciary for the stability of the political system. Brilliant philosophers already outlined a vision of the constitution in the 18th century as a kind of social contract, according to which free citizens agree on the exercise of power. After constitutional monarchies and the oldest valid constitution in America, it was only after World War II that the importance of the constitution for setting up democracy and its protection became evident. Karel Klíma, as an internationally recognized professor who recently completed 30 years of service in the bodies of the World Association of Constitutional Law, evaluates this development against the backdrop of his own civic and professional life. He speaks openly about life at the Prague Faculty of Law during the normalization years and during revolutionary changes. As one of the founding members of the Plzeň Faculty of Law and the first chairman of the academic senate, he creatively contributed to its flourishing and especially to the development of its international cooperation. In connection with the well-known scandal at the Plzeň law school, he brings new arguments for the first time in many years, which show the media degradation of that time and...