Time and (in) the constitution: Domestic law with introductory philosophical note

Abstract

Time can be seen as ideal, mental on one side and as realistic, objective phenomenon, on the other side. As more or less stable, present-day 'givenness' but also as 'program' projection. Time is respectable fact, relationship, process, flow: it is a factor of legality, component of predictability and consistency. It is a synchronization of occurrences, proceedings and its continuity. At the end, time can be viewed as a beginning, but also as a completion - as a moment, as a series of successive steps, as a restriction, as a space where something is actively taking place. And the 'silence' in the meaning of non-performance and delay constitute an unlawful act if the duty to act in official capacity is prescribed.

Keywords

• time
• constitution
• legal certainty
• constitutionality and legality
• retroactivity of law