Counterpublics of Polish Constitutionalism Illustrated with the Example of Women’s Rights

• Authors: Karolina Kocemba

Abstracts

EN

The article discusses the issue of the place and presence of women in the public sphere, and tries to answer the question of how these matters are impacted by the institution of the Constitutional Tribunal. Applying the method of discourse analysis, I have examined the Polish Constitutional Tribunal’s decisions and looked into the media discussion, with both revealing dominant trends regarding women’s rights in Polish constitutionalism. Using the category of counterpublics, I also cover emancipation movements important on account of women’s rights and their presence in the public domain. I also address the common myths concerning the Constitutional Tribunal. There are also mentions of room for the materialisation of emancipation processes in Polish constitutionalism.

Keywords

EN

Women’s rights; counterpublics; constitutionalism; Constitutional Court; discourse analysis; feminism

• Publisher: Akademia Leona Koźmińskiego
• Journal: Krytyka Prawa. Niezależne studia nad prawem
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 11
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 83-105

Dates

published

2019

Contributors

author

Karolina Kocemba

Identifiers

DOI

10.7206/kp.2080-1084.276

Biblioteka Nauki

1965967