Full Description
This collection focuses on the particular nexus of popular sovereignty and constitutional change, and the implications of the recent surge in populism for systems where constitutional change is directly decided upon by the people via referendum.
It examines different conceptions of sovereignty as expressed in constitutional theory and case law, including an in-depth exploration of the manner in which the concept of popular sovereignty finds expression both in constitutional provisions on referendums and in court decisions concerning referendum processes. While comparative references are made to a number of jurisdictions, the primary focus of the collection is on the experience in Ireland, which has had a lengthy experience of referendums on constitutional change and of legal, political and cultural practices that have emerged in association with these referendums. At a time when populist pressures on constitutional change are to the fore in many countries, this detailed examination of where the Irish experience sits in a comparative context has an important contribution to make to debates in law and political science.
Contents
Introduction
Part 1: Sovereignty
"Introduction: The Reign of Popular Sovereignty in Ireland - An antidote to populism?"
"The Origins of Popular Sovereignty in Ireland: Theory and Reality"
"Self-Determination & the Irish Constitutional Framework"
"'Conceptualising popular sovereignty in the Irish constitutional order"
"Populism, 'The People' and Popular Sovereignty"
"The Relational State: Does the Primacy of Popular Sovereignty Prevent a Feminist Understanding of State Sovereignty?"
Part 2: Referendums and Constitutional Change
"Introduction to Part 2: Expressing Popular Sovereignty through Constitutional Referendums"
"Modalities and Political Practices Concerning Referendums in Ireland: Some Observations"
"Is the current mechanism for challenging a referendum result suitable for purpose?"
"Democratic Constitutionalism or Elite Control? Revisiting the 2004 Irish Citizenship Referendum"
"The Risks of Referendums: 'Referendum culture' in Ireland as a solution?"
"Constitutional Disagreement, Deliberation and Reform: A Counter-Narrative on the Irish Citizens' Assembly"
"Informal Constitutional Change and Local Government in Ireland"
"Popular Sovereignty, Irish Reunification and Change on the Island of Ireland"
Conclusion
"Conclusion: Irish Popular Sovereignty in Domestic and Comparative Perspective"
-
- 電子書籍
- 君の足跡はバラ色 ストーリアダッシュ連…
-
- 電子書籍
- 世界同時不況 ちくま新書
