
Participatory Constitutional Change
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'This volume is a timely and rich resource for modern constitutionalists. The essays are engaging, incisive and offer broad political and legal perspectives on one of the central questions in contemporary constitutional debates.'Professor Adrienne Stone, University of Melbourne, Australia
'Recent developments in constitution-making and amending practices have implicated a range of methods of encouraging direct public participation, through crowd-sourcing, referenda, and more. This book examines the ways that these developments accentuate a range of fundamental issues dealing with the constituent power, sovereignty, and deliberation, through conceptual analysis and empirical studies. An important contribution to an increasingly important discussion.'
Professor Mark Tushnet, Harvard Law School, USA
'This book reveals both good and bad practice, and problems of how to cope with citizen choices that are not mandated at formal election times. The book is timely and well written and appeals to a broad cross-section of readers from political science to constitutional lawyers. It is highly recommended.'
Professor John McElldowney, Warwick University, UK 'This volume is a timely and rich resource for modern constitutionalists. The essays are engaging, incisive and offer broad political and legal perspectives on one of the central questions in contemporary constitutional debates.'
Professor Adrienne Stone, University of Melbourne, Australia
'Recent developments in constitution-making and amending practices have implicated a range of methods of encouraging direct public participation, through crowd-sourcing, referenda, and more. This book examines the ways that these developments accentuate a range of fundamental issues dealing with the constituent power, sovereignty, and deliberation, through conceptual analysis and empirical studies. An important contribution to an increasingly important discussion.'
Professor Mark Tushnet, Harvard Law School, USA
'This book reveals both good and bad practice, and problems of how to cope with citizen choices that are not mandated at formal election times. The book is timely and well written and appeals to a broad cross-section of readers from political science to constitutional lawyers. It is highly recommended.'
Professor John McElldowney, Warwick University, UK
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Acknowledgements
Introduction: Participatory Constitutional Change
Xenophon Contiades and Alkmene Fotiadou
PART I A Synthetic Approach 1. The People as Amenders of the Constitution
Xenophon Contiades and Alkmene Fotiadou
PART II Popular Participation in Constitutional Change: Theoretical and Historical Aspects
2. Constitutional Reform in Europe and Recourse to the People
Paul Blokker
3. A Future for Referendums in the Fifth French Republic?
Jan-Herman Reestman
PART III Lessons from Long Direct-Democratic Experience: The Equilibrium Between Democracy and Constitutionalism in Switzerland and California
4. Participation of Citizens in Constitution-Making. Assets and Challenges - The Swiss Experience
Thomas Fleiner
5. Direct Democracy vs Fundamental Rights? A Comparative Analysis of the Mechanisms that Limit the 'Will of the People' in Switzerland and California
Claudia Josi
PART IV New Trends in Popular Involvement: Best Practices and Fatal Mistakes in the Icelandic and Irish Cases
6. The People's Contribution to Constitutional Changes. Writing, Advising or Approving? - Lessons from Iceland
Bjoerg Thorarensen
7. Bringing People into the Heart of Constitutional Design: The Irish Constitutional Convention of 2012-14
David M. Farrell, Clodagh Harris and Jane Suiter
PART V The Dilemma of Introducing Constitutional Referendums: Luxemburg and Greece
8. The 'Sudden Eagerness' to Consult the Luxemburgish People on Constitutional Change
Joerg Gerkrath
9. The Role of the People in Constitutional Amendment in Greece: Between Narratives and Practice
Alkmene Fotiadou
PART VI EU Aspects of Popular Participation: European Integration, National Sovereignty and Direct-Democratic Procedures
10. The Use of Referendums on European Topics in the Integration Process of the European Union
Dario Elia Tosi
11. Sovereignty, Constitutional Identity, Direct Democracy? Direct Democracy as a National Strategy for Upholding the Nation State in EU Integration
Helle Krunke
Index
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