Sovereignty and Direct Democracy: Lessons from Constant and the Belgian Constitution

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European Constitutional Law Review 11 (2):293-320 (2015)
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Copyright © The Authors 2015. 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.

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