Legal and constitutional perspectives on the pandemic
Work package 6 – Evaluation
In work package 6, DCU, UIBK and JUK examine the legal and constitutional measures adopted in response to the pandemic, focusing on a number of legal questions raised by the Covid-19 crisis and responses to it. This work package evaluates the challenges that the pandemic has posed to the protection of human rights and fundamental liberties, to principles of checks and balances and separation of powers, as well as to the respect for democracy and the rule of law.
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Lead
Federico Fabbrini, Full Professor of EU Law & Founding Director of the Brexit Institute, Dublin City University. Fellow in Law, Ethics and Public Affairs, Princeton University.
Timeline
Running from January 2023 to October 2024
Deliverables
Research paper: Covid-19, human rights, and judicial review in Transatlantic perspective
Research paper: The pandemic’s comparative impact on constitutional checks and balances within the EU
Research paper: Rule of law backsliding during the pandemic – the cases of Hungary and Poland
Policy paper: Best practices and key takeaways for liberal-constitutional democracies after the Covid-19 pandemic
