Binding Force of Constitutional Courts’ Decisions (A Comparative view Focusing on Germany and Slovakia)
Czech original: Záväznosť rozhodnutí ústavných súdov
On the European continent is becoming increasingly a precedential effect of constitutional court’s case-law. Instructive position among them represents the case-law of the Constitutional Court of the Federal Republic of Germany. Its decisions are, depending on the type of proceedings under the current legislation, either binding upon all constitutional bodies (federal or provincial), as well as upon courts and offices, or have the force of a statute. The authors seek to highlight the latest views on the role of the Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic and the binding effect of its decisions. Changes in the understanding of the constitution as a directly applicable source of law, and the status of fundamental rights and freedoms, as well as attachment to the concept of the substantive rule of law affect our perception of the binding effect of constitutional court’s case-law. Constitutional courts can not fulfill their role in the constitutional system, if their decisions will not be attributed the binding precedential effect.
Czech original: Na evropském kontinentě je čím dál více patrný precedenční působení judikatury ústavních soudů. Zajímavé postavení mezi nimi má judikatura ústavního soudu Spolkové republiky Německo, které autoři blíže popisují. Autoři se snaží poukázat i na nejnovější pohledy na úlohu ústavního soudu Slovenské republiky a závaznost jeho rozhodnutí.