About the book Democracy and the Separation of Powers - Christoph Möllers

The Separation of Powers is often understood as a constitutional principle that formally organizes and limits political authority through law. Christoph Möllers contrasts this ultimately pre-democratic view with a different concept: he places the power-enabling function of separation of powers at the center — as a precondition for democratic self-government.
From this perspective, new insights emerge: into the concept of democracy itself, the relationship between law and politics, the self-legitimation of legal forms, and the applicability of the separation of powers beyond the state.

Discussion participants

• Prof. Dr. Christoph Möllers, legal scholar, professor at Humboldt University of Berlin, and author
• Dr. Ole Meinefeld, expert in contemporary diagnostics and discourse analysis, Heinrich Böll Foundation

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Language: German

This event is organized by the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung in cooperation with the Cluster of Excellence “Contestations of the Liberal Script (SCRIPTS) and Suhrkamp Verlag.