Can constitutional politics be conducted in a scholarly manner? For some, the question does not arise, because constitutional 'dogmatics' always inevitably works in a legal-political way. For others, 'dogmatics' is characterised precisely as the counterpart to politics; accordingly, constitutional policy pursued in a scholarly manner is a contradictio in adiecto.
Can constitutional politics be conducted in a scholarly manner? For some, the question does not arise, because constitutional 'dogmatics' always inevitably works in a legal-political way. For others, 'dogmatics' is characterised precisely as the counterpart to politics; accordingly, constitutional policy pursued in a scholarly manner is a contradictio in adiecto.