Weak constitutionalism and the legal dimension of the constitution

This article offers a critical discussion of two influential positions in contemporary legal and political theory, which will be referred to as ‘political constitutionalism’ and ‘strong popular sovereignty’. Despite their important differences, both share a sceptical approach to the dominant constit...

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Autor: Melero de la Torre, Mariano Carlos
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Recursos:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repositorio:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Idioma:inglés
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Palavra-chave:democratic legitimacy
legal constitutionalism
political constitutionalism
strong popular sovereignty
weak constitutionalism
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spelling Weak constitutionalism and the legal dimension of the constitutionMelero de la Torre, Mariano Carlosdemocratic legitimacylegal constitutionalismpolitical constitutionalismstrong popular sovereigntyweak constitutionalismDerechoThis article offers a critical discussion of two influential positions in contemporary legal and political theory, which will be referred to as ‘political constitutionalism’ and ‘strong popular sovereignty’. Despite their important differences, both share a sceptical approach to the dominant constitutional practice in liberal democracies, hence they are brought together here under the term ‘weak constitutionalism’. They both highlight the political dimension of the constitution, arguing that democratic legitimacy requires institutional arrangements that give the people and/or their representatives the last word in settling fundamental issues of political morality. By contrast, this article underlines the legal dimension of the constitution as the repository of the moral principles that make possible a practice of public justification in constitutional states. It is from this second constitutional dimension that the critical arguments are developed, both against the desire to take the constitution away from the courts and the aspiration to recognize the constituent power as pre-legal constitution-making facultyCambridge University PressDepartamento de Derecho Público y Filosofía JurídicaFacultad de Derecho20222022-03-24research articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10486/714279https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s2045381722000077reponame:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAMinstname:Universidad Autónoma de MadridInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/7142792026-06-23T12:46:27Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Weak constitutionalism and the legal dimension of the constitution
title Weak constitutionalism and the legal dimension of the constitution
spellingShingle Weak constitutionalism and the legal dimension of the constitution
Melero de la Torre, Mariano Carlos
democratic legitimacy
legal constitutionalism
political constitutionalism
strong popular sovereignty
weak constitutionalism
Derecho
title_short Weak constitutionalism and the legal dimension of the constitution
title_full Weak constitutionalism and the legal dimension of the constitution
title_fullStr Weak constitutionalism and the legal dimension of the constitution
title_full_unstemmed Weak constitutionalism and the legal dimension of the constitution
title_sort Weak constitutionalism and the legal dimension of the constitution
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Melero de la Torre, Mariano Carlos
author Melero de la Torre, Mariano Carlos
author_facet Melero de la Torre, Mariano Carlos
author_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Departamento de Derecho Público y Filosofía Jurídica
Facultad de Derecho
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv democratic legitimacy
legal constitutionalism
political constitutionalism
strong popular sovereignty
weak constitutionalism
Derecho
topic democratic legitimacy
legal constitutionalism
political constitutionalism
strong popular sovereignty
weak constitutionalism
Derecho
description This article offers a critical discussion of two influential positions in contemporary legal and political theory, which will be referred to as ‘political constitutionalism’ and ‘strong popular sovereignty’. Despite their important differences, both share a sceptical approach to the dominant constitutional practice in liberal democracies, hence they are brought together here under the term ‘weak constitutionalism’. They both highlight the political dimension of the constitution, arguing that democratic legitimacy requires institutional arrangements that give the people and/or their representatives the last word in settling fundamental issues of political morality. By contrast, this article underlines the legal dimension of the constitution as the repository of the moral principles that make possible a practice of public justification in constitutional states. It is from this second constitutional dimension that the critical arguments are developed, both against the desire to take the constitution away from the courts and the aspiration to recognize the constituent power as pre-legal constitution-making faculty
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