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Titre(s) : Sovereignty, civic participation, and constitutional law [Texte imprimé] : the people versus the nation in Belgium / edited by Brecht Deseure, Raf Geenens, and Stefan Sottiaux
Publication : Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, copyright 2021
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (x, 304 pages) ; 25 cm
Collection : Routledge research in constitutional law
Lien à la collection : Routledge research in constitutional law
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"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."
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Deseure, Brecht (1985-....). Éditeur scientifique
Geenens, Raf (1979-....). Éditeur scientifique
Sottiaux, Stefan (1976-....). Éditeur scientifique
Sujet(s) : Histoire constitutionnelle -- Belgique
Droit constitutionnel -- Belgique
Régimes représentatifs -- Belgique
Indice(s) Dewey :
342.493 (23e éd.) = Droit constitutionnel et administratif - Belgique
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780367483593. - ISBN 0367483599. - ISBN 9781003039525 (erroné). - ISBN 9781000375039
(erroné). - ISBN 9781000375022 (erroné) (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb46851513p
Notice n° :
FRBNF46851513
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : A simple sentence. Towards a new interpretation of sovereignty in the Belgian Constitution
/ Raf Geenens, Brecht Deseure, Stefan Sottiaux ; Constitutionalism in restoration
Europe / Markus J. Prutsch ; Benjamin Constant and the limits of popular sovereignty
/ Nora Timmermans ; Abbé Sieyès : the immanent and transcendent nation / Olga Bashkina
; The liberal and Catholic origins of the Belgian Constitution. From the opposition
under the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the Constitutional Debates of 1830-1831 /
Stefaan Marteel ; The Coppet Group and the political liberalism of the Belgian founding
fathers / Christophe Maes ; Constituent power in the Belgian National Congress and
the 1831 Belgian Constitution / Christophe Maes, Bas Leijssenaar ; 'All powers emanate
from the nation'. People, nation and sovereignty in the Belgian Constitution of 1831
/ Brecht Deseure, Christophe Maes ; Belgium's 1831 representative system : making
representation national again / Christophe Maes, Brecht Deseure ; The monist nation
and the general will : Raymond Carré de Malberg on sovereignty / Olga Bashkina ;
Pulling the curtain on the national sovereignty myth. Sovereignty and referendums
in Belgian constitutional doctrine / Christophe Maes, Brecht Deseure, Ronald Van Crombrugge
; Laboratories for democracy. Democratic renewal in the Belgian Federation / Ronald
Van Crombrugge ; A non-populist direct democracy for Belgium / Nenad Stojanović
; Democratic constitution-making under the Belgian Constitution. Utilising its untapped
potential / Ronald Van Crombrugge ; Sovereignty without sovereignty. The Belgian
solution / Raf Geenens.
