Razumeti ustavo

Résumé Sl En

Prvi del prispevka obravnava besedilno ustavo – in argument namena, s katerim razlagalci včasih radi istovetijo svoje odločitve v konkretnem sporu z voljo ustavopisca. Takšno rabo tega argumenta avtor izpodbije. Z miselnim eksperimentom pa nato utrjuje še, da bi ustavna teorija morala razlikovati med istočasno vplivnimi a) besedilno ustavo, b) predstavnoskladnimi oziroma ideološkimi ustavami in c) habitusom v smislu družbene ustave. | Besedilo je bilo napisano ob dvajsetletnici Ustave RS in objavljeno v jubilejnem zborniku: Igor Kaučič (ur.), Dvajset let Ustave Republike Slovenije. Pomen ustavnosti in ustavna demokracija (US RS, Ljubljana 2012).

The author makes a claim in favour of distinguishing three ways of a constitution. He rejects first the (mis)use of the argument from intent as a rhetorical figure with no grounds to connect an interpretation of a constitutional text with the legitimacy of the historical text-writer. The author then supports his claim by introducing a thought experiment, according to which constitutional theory needs to distinguish clearly between the textual constitution, the ideologic constitutions, and the social constitution, being all in force at the same time.