Catarina Santos Botelho
Biographic Data
| ID | 5695160 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Catarina Santos Botelho |
| GIVEN NAMES | Catarina Santos |
| FAMILY NAME | Botelho |
| SIGNATURE | BOTELHO C S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidade Católica Portuguesa |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6076-1835 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Regulating Parties by Constitutional Rules in Liberal Democracies
When establishing constitutional rules that regulate political parties, liberal democracies struggle between civil liberties—thus tolerating anti-democratic parties—and potential threats of democratic breakdown, which can be reduced by prosecuting and prohibiting anti-democratic parties. We suggest that liberal democracies must balance false positives and false negatives by combining ex ante and ex post regulatory mechanisms. By making use of a u…
Academic Freedom as a Defensive Right
Ensuring the proper implementation of academic freedom can be difficult both for policymakers and university authorities. Hence, great emphasis should be given to the defensive function of academic freedom. In this paper, we analyse the legal regulations and the jurisprudence of the constitutional courts of Germany, Hungary, Poland, Portugal, and Spain. We identify who is the holder of academic freedom, how the defensive function of academic free…
Measuring Procedural and Substantial Amendment Rules
Constitutional amendment difficulty or rigidity has generated extensive literature in recent times, both conceptually and empirically. Although constitutional scholars seem divided about the importance and significance of amendment limits, there has been a proliferation of indicators and statistical analysis. In this Article, while recognizing the normative debate, we provide an empirical exploration for thirty-seven countries based on factor ana…
European Constitutional Courts and Transitions to Democracy
The book European Constitutional Courts and Transitions to Democracy reflects upon the role of constitutional justice in the transitions from authoritarian regimes to democratic systems and makes a call to refine the lens of transitional studies. Francesco Biagi is undoubtedly right when he asserts that “defeating the dogma of parliamentary supremacy was by no means an easy task.”1 The establishment of constitutional courts after World War II der…
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Measuring Procedural and Substantial Amendment Rules
Constitutional amendment difficulty or rigidity has generated extensive literature in recent times, both conceptually and empirically. Although constitutional scholars seem divided about the importance and significance of amendment limits, there has been a proliferation of indicators and statistical analysis. In this Article, while recognizing the normative debate, we provide an empirical exploration for thirty-seven countries based on factor ana…
European Constitutional Courts and Transitions to Democracy
The book European Constitutional Courts and Transitions to Democracy reflects upon the role of constitutional justice in the transitions from authoritarian regimes to democratic systems and makes a call to refine the lens of transitional studies. Francesco Biagi is undoubtedly right when he asserts that “defeating the dogma of parliamentary supremacy was by no means an easy task.”1 The establishment of constitutional courts after World War II der…
Regulating Parties by Constitutional Rules in Liberal Democracies
When establishing constitutional rules that regulate political parties, liberal democracies struggle between civil liberties—thus tolerating anti-democratic parties—and potential threats of democratic breakdown, which can be reduced by prosecuting and prohibiting anti-democratic parties. We suggest that liberal democracies must balance false positives and false negatives by combining ex ante and ex post regulatory mechanisms. By making use of a u…
Academic Freedom as a Defensive Right
Ensuring the proper implementation of academic freedom can be difficult both for policymakers and university authorities. Hence, great emphasis should be given to the defensive function of academic freedom. In this paper, we analyse the legal regulations and the jurisprudence of the constitutional courts of Germany, Hungary, Poland, Portugal, and Spain. We identify who is the holder of academic freedom, how the defensive function of academic free…
Law (4 works) · Law and economics (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Judicial and Constitutional Studies (3 works) · Constitution (2 works) · Democracy (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Legal and Constitutional Studies (2 works) · Normative (2 works)