Through selective activism towards greater resilience: the Czech Constitutional Court's interventions into high politics in the age of populism

Figures & data

Table 1. Court's positions towards the protection of democracy.

willing and able	willing but unable
unwilling but able	unwilling and unable

Source: the authors.

Table 2. Key factors affecting a court's resilience.

Political factors

• Level of political fragmentation^70 • Public support of the court^71

The court's design

• Jurisdiction^72 • Framework for review (the conception of the constitution, the role of international law and/or EU law)^73 • Access to the court^74 • Legal effects of decisions^75 • Terms of office and their renewability^76 • Appointment and removal procedures^77

Intra-court factors

• Preferences and attitudes of individual judges^78 • The ability of judges to persuade their colleagues^79

Source: the authors.