Sovereignty and direct democracy: : Lessons from Constant and the Belgian Constitution

• Autores: Raf Geenens, Stefan Sottiaux
• Localización: European Constitutional Law Review, ISSN-e 1574-0196, Vol. 11, Nº. 2, 2015, págs. 293-320
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Interpretations of sovereignty in the Belgian Constitution - The 'national sovereignty' interpretation - Dismantling the myth of the consensual understanding of sovereignty in the Belgian Constitution - Benjamin Constant's understanding of sovereignty - Influence of the paradigm of French post-Revolutionary political liberalism -- Implications of the 'Constantian' interpretation with regard to more direct modes of citizen participation - Arguments for reconsidering the settled case-law of the Council of State regarding the unconstitutionality of referendums