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      The incoherence of strong popular sovereignty

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      Author(s)
      Vinx, L.
      Date
      2013
      Source Title
      International Journal of Constitutional Law
      Print ISSN
      1474-2640
      Electronic ISSN
      1474-2659
      Publisher
      Oxford University Press
      Volume
      11
      Issue
      1
      Pages
      101 - 124
      Language
      English
      Type
      Article
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      Abstract
      This paper argues that the strong conception of popular sovereignty employed in the German Federal Constitutional Court's recent decision on the Treaty of Lisbon is incoherent and should not be used as the centerpiece of a democratic constitutional theory. Strong conceptions of popular sovereignty are usually defended on the basis of the claim that an appeal to strong popular sovereignty is necessary to ground the legitimacy of constitutional law. In fact, strong conceptions of popular sovereignty eliminate the conceptual space for the idea of legitimate law. This thesis is developed through a critical discussion of Carl Schmitt's constitutional theory-which appears to be the main inspiration behind contemporary arguments for strong popular sovereignty-as well as through an analysis of the Lisbon decision of the Bundesverfassungsgericht.
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      http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icon/mos049
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