Executive Powers During the covid-19 Epidemic

Abstract

This article aims to explore the consequences of covid-19 related laws upon democracy, concentrating on the separation of powers and the system of checks and balances. To analyse the effectiveness of measures, a comparison between England-Wales and Germany is made, in order to compare how two countries with similar demographic and economy, but different constitutional and political systems, have dealt with the epidemic. The main question that is being asked and answered is whether a constitutional crisis has taken place. And finally, the analysis how the judiciary has been the most helpful branch in the separation of powers to uphold a system of checks and balances during the epidemic in both England-Wales and Germany.