Direct citizen participation in the constitutional reform

  1. Majado, Patricia García 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Oviedo
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    Universidad de Oviedo

    Oviedo, España

    ROR https://ror.org/006gksa02

Revista:
International Journal of Human Rights and Constitutional Studies

ISSN: 2050-103X,  2050-1048

Año de publicación: 2021

Volumen: 8

Número: 1/2

Páginas: 17

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.1504/IJHRCS.2021.113755 GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

Otras publicaciones en: International Journal of Human Rights and Constitutional Studies

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Resumen

This paper aims at analysing the role that direct citizen participation plays in democratic constitutional reforms. In opposition to a non-normative model, typical of those systems which conceive the people as the real sovereign, this paper argues that the direct participation of the citizenry - which can take place at the input (deliberation) or at the output (decision) of the reform process - only makes sense if understood as a legal mechanism aimed at reinforcing the own sovereignty of the legal system itself and thus democracy.