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https://doi.org/10.22364/juzk.80.38 | 360-368 | PDF

Pašaizsargājošās demokrātijas jēdziens – piemēri Latvijas tiesiskajā sistēmā

The Notion of Self-defending Democracy – Examples in Latvian Legal System

Arianda Jonāne, Bac. iur.
Latvijas Universitātes Juridiskās fakultātes profesionālās maģistra studiju programmas “Tiesību zinātne” 1. kursa studente

Summary
Self-defending democracy (in English, the term of militant democracy is more common) as a legal notion can be used controversially – to protect itself or to pretend to be a democratic regime. The aim of this article is to provide the insight into the notion of self-defending democracy and illustrate it with legal examples from Latvian legal system: firstly, the roots of self-defending democracy in the 1930s, when the Parliament of Latvia – Saeima – attempted to legally protect democracy from radical right-wing forces, secondly, the role of Constitutional Court of Latvia in applying the concept of self-defending democracy in the case of restrictions of voting rights.

Atslēgvārdi: pašaizsargājošā demokrātija, cilvēktiesības, Saeima, Satversmes tiesa, tiesību ierobežojumi

Keywords: self-defending democracy, human rights, Saeima, Constitutional Court of Latvia, restrictions of rights