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PRAVNI ZAPISI \u2022 Year XVII \u2022 No. 1 \u2022 pp. 144-177<\/p>\n

JUDICIAL NARRATIVE SOVEREIGNTY: NORMALIZATION OF<\/strong> EMERGENCY THROUGH UNCONSTITUTIONAL CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS IN TIMES OF CRISIS<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Jezik rada:
Engleski<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Martin Belov<\/strong><\/p>\n

Professor, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Faculty of Law, Bulgaria<\/strong><\/p>\n

e-mail: <\/span><\/b>mbelov@uni-sofia.bg <\/a>; martinbelov@yahoo.com <\/a>
\nORCID ID: <\/b>0000-0001-9185-9213<\/p>\n

Pravni zapisi, No. 1\/2026, 144-177
\n<\/b>Original Scientific Article
\nDOI<\/b>: 10.5937\/pravzap17-63440<\/p>\n

KEY WORDS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Narrative, Sovereignty, Emergency, Crisis, Constitutional Amend\u00adment, Courts, Constitutional Courts, Constitutional Imaginaries<\/p>\n

ABSTRACT<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

This paper explores the role of the courts in times of crisis and emergency. It focuses on the tension between the imaginary conceptualizations regarding the status of courts in times of normalcy and emergency that exist in the theoretical discourse and the constitutional anthropology and the empirical ways the courts contribute to the normalization of emergency in socio-legal practice by justifying crisis and emergency as \u201cthe new normal\u201d. The paper outlines several key constitutional imaginaries related to the courts in times of normalcy. The imaginaries are structured through analytical re\u00adconstruction of the main approaches to the concept of courts provided in modern consti\u00adtutionalism in pursuit of justifying the proper engagement of courts in the constitutional crisis management. This reconstruction is meant to produce both novel approaches to the role of the courts and an original typology of the imaginaries of the courts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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It focuses on the tension between the imaginary conceptualizations regarding the status of courts in times of normalcy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":11069,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-article.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11067","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n- Pravni Zapisi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pravnizapisi.rs\/en\/pravni-zapisi-1-2026\/11034-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"- Pravni Zapisi\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"PRAVNI ZAPISI \u2022 Year XVII \u2022 No. 1 \u2022 pp. 144-177 JUDICIAL NARRATIVE SOVEREIGNTY: NORMALIZATION OF EMERGENCY THROUGH UNCONSTITUTIONAL CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS IN TIMES OF CRISIS Martin Belov Professor, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Faculty of Law, Bulgaria e-mail: mbelov@uni-sofia.bg ; martinbelov@yahoo.com ORCID ID: 0000-0001-9185-9213 Pravni zapisi, No. 1\/2026, 144-177 Original Scientific Article DOI: 10.5937\/pravzap17-63440 KEY WORDS Narrative, Sovereignty, Emergency, Crisis, Constitutional Amend\u00adment, Courts, Constitutional Courts, Constitutional Imaginaries ABSTRACT This paper explores the role of the courts in times of crisis and emergency. 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