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100 1 _aDeseure, Brecht
_4aut
245 1 0 _aSovereignty, Civic Participation and Constitutional Law
_bThe People versus the Nation in Belgium
260 _bTaylor & Francis
_bRoutledge [Imprint]
_c2021
300 _a1 online resource
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
506 0 _aFree-to-read
_fUnrestricted online access
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520 _a"This book brings recent insights about sovereignty and citizen participation in the Belgian Constitution to scholars in the fields of public law, history, and political theory. Throughout the Western world, there are increasing calls for greater citizen participation. Referendums, citizen councils, and other forms of direct democracy are considered necessary antidotes to a growing hostility towards traditional party politics. This book focuses on the Belgian debate, where the introduction of participatory politics has stalled because of an ambiguity in the Constitution. Scholars and judges generally claim that the Belgian Constitution gives ultimate power to the Nation, which can only speak through representation in parliament. In light of this, direct democracy would be an unconstitutional power grab by the current generation of citizens. This book critically investigates this received interpretation of the Constitution and, by reaching back to the debates among Belgium's 1831 founding fathers, concludes that it is untenable. The spirit, if not the text, of the Belgian Constitution allows for more popular participation than present-day jurisprudence admits. Combining new insights from law, history, and political science, this book is a showcase for continental constitutional theory. The questions it asks reverberate far beyond Belgium. The book provides a rare source of information on Belgium's 1831 Constitution, which was in its time seen as modern constitutionalism's greatest triumph which became a model for countless other constitutions. "
540 _aOpen licence
_0https://oapen.org/article/rights
546 _aeng
650 0 _aConstituent power
_zBelgium.
650 0 _aConstitutional history
_zBelgium.
650 0 _aConstitutional law
_zBelgium.
650 0 _aPolitical participation
_zBelgium.
650 0 _aRepresentative government and representation
_zBelgium.
650 0 _aSovereignty.
650 6 _aDroit constitutionnel
_zBelgique.
650 6 _aGouvernement représentatif
_zBelgique.
650 6 _aHistoire constitutionnelle
_zBelgique.
650 6 _aParticipation politique
_zBelgique.
650 6 _aPouvoir constituant
_zBelgique.
650 6 _aSouveraineté.
650 7 _aConstituent power
_2fast
650 7 _aConstitution: government and the state
_2thema
650 7 _aConstitutional and administrative law: general
_2thema
650 7 _aConstitutional history
_2fast
650 7 _aConstitutional law
_2fast
650 7 _aHISTORY
_zEurope
_xGeneral.
_2bisacsh
650 7 _aJurisprudence and general issues
_2thema
650 7 _aLaw: Human rights and civil liberties
_2thema
650 7 _aLaw
_2thema
650 7 _aLAW
_xCivil Rights.
_2bisacsh
650 7 _aLAW
_xGeneral.
_2bisacsh
650 7 _aLaws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law
_2thema
650 7 _aLegal history
_2thema
650 7 _aPhilosophy and Religion
_2thema
650 7 _aPhilosophy
_2thema
650 7 _aPolitical participation
_2fast
650 7 _aPolitical structure and processes
_2thema
650 7 _aPolitics and government
_2thema
650 7 _aRepresentative government and representation
_2fast
650 7 _aSocial and political philosophy
_2thema
650 7 _aSociety and Social Sciences
_2thema
650 7 _asovereignty.
_2aat
650 7 _aSovereignty
_2fast
650 7 _aTopics in philosophy
_2thema
653 _alaw
700 1 _aDeseure, Brecht
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700 1 _aGeenens, Raf
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700 1 _aSottiaux, Stefan
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793 0 _aOAPEN Library.
856 4 0 _uhttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/47018
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