JUDEMO

The JUDEMO project examines the role of courts in protecting liberal democracy in Europe through the lens of “militant democracy”. Combining comparative political and legal analysis, it investigates the legal instruments designed to defend democratic regimes against internal threats. The project explores these mechanisms at three levels: the national level, by analysing legal and institutional frameworks in selected EU Member States; the supranational level, by examining the instruments developed by the Council of Europe and the European Union; and the judicial practice level, by analysing the political and social conditions under which judges intervene to safeguard democratic processes. JUDEMO ultimately seeks to advance theoretical and empirical reflections on the democratic function of courts in a context of increasing challenges to liberal democracy.
 

Chercheur extérieur  / Possible external partners

Prof. Cecilia Rizcallah, UCLouvain – Institut d’études européennes Saint-Louis – co-promoter of the project

Source de financement / Funding

F.R.S.-FNRS – Welchange programme