Participatory constitutional change : the people as amenders of the Constitution / edited by Xenophon Contiades and Alkmene Fotiadou.

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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2017.
Series:Comparative constitutional change.
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Table of Contents:
  • The people as amenders of the Constitution
  • Constitutional reform in Europe and recourse to the people
  • A future for referendums in the Fifth French Republic?
  • Participation of citizens in constitution-making : assets and challenges : the Swiss experience
  • Direct democracy vs fundamental rights? : a comparative analysis of the mechanisms that limit the "will of the people" in Switzerland and California
  • The people's contribution to constitutional changes : writing, advising or approving? : lessons from Iceland
  • Bringing people into the heart of constitutional design : the Irish Constitutional Convention of 2012-14
  • The "sudden eagerness" to consult the Luxemburgish people on constitutional change
  • The role of the people in constitutional amendment in Greece : between narratives and practice
  • The use of referendums on European topics in the integration process of the European Union
  • Sovereignty, constitutional identity, direct democracy? : direct democracy as a national strategy for upholding the nation state in EU integration.