This Article explores whether and how contemporary constitutionalism may have triggered
or facilitated populism and its illiberal agenda. In particular, it focuses on some of the legal …

The main aim of this final essay is to draw on the insights gathered in the Debate “Do
Referendums Enhance or Threaten Democracy” to inform future normative and empirical …

Referendums and initiatives have long been described as deliberatively deficient and unfit
to implement deliberative democracy. Categorized as aggregative mechanisms, they would …

The American and French Revolutions popularised the notion that the people themselves
should enjoy sovereignty over the state and its basic laws. Madison said,'the people are the …

“Whatever its popularity, its value [of the referendum] in terms of democratic principles still
needs to be established.” Albert Weale1 On November 17, 2018, more than 300,000 people …

This book examines the extent to which Brexit has impacted upon the operation of the British
Constitution, prompting in turn consideration of how some of the factors which contributed to …

Many societies experiencing severe intercommunal conflict hold referendums. 1 Some of
these referendums are 'peace referendums' aiming to secure the settlement of a conflict. A …

Australia is recognized globally as an important hub for the study and practice of deliberative
democracy. Both a normative and practical project, the field of deliberative democracy aims …

Deliberative theorists and practitioners have increasingly grappled with the concept of
deliberative constitutionalism and its distinctiveness from other constitutionalisms. A fast …