Sovereignty, Civic Participation, and Constitutional Law : The People versus the Nation in Belgium (Hardcover)

1. A Simple Sentence. Towards a New Interpretation of Sovereignty in the Belgian Constitution Raf Geenens, Brecht Deseure, Stefan Sottiaux Part I. Intellectual Context 2. Constitutionalism in Restoration Europe Markus J. Prutsch 3. Benjamin Constant and the Limits of Popular Sovereignty Nora Timmermans 4. Abbe Sieyes: The Immanent and Transcendent Nation Olga Bashkina Part II. 1831 ? The Belgian Moment 5. The Liberal and Catholic Origins of the Belgian Constitution. From the Opposition under the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the Constitutional Debates of 1830-1831 Stefaan Marteel 6. The Coppet Group and the Political Liberalism of the Belgian Founding Fathers Christophe Maes 7. Constituent Power in the Belgian National Congress and the 1831 Belgian Constitution Christophe Maes, Bas Leijssenaar 8. ‘All Powers Emanate from the Nation’. People, Nation and Sovereignty in the Belgian Constitution of 1831 Brecht Deseure, Christophe Maes 9. Belgium’s 1831 Representative System: Making Representation National Again Christophe Maes, Brecht Deseure Part III. Sovereignty and Civic Participation 10. The Monist Nation and the General Will: Raymond Carre de Malberg on Sovereignty Olga Bashkina 11. Pulling the Curtain on the National Sovereignty Myth. Sovereignty and Referendums in Belgian Constitutional Doctrine Christophe Maes, Brecht Deseure, Ronald Van Crombrugge 12. Laboratories for Democracy. Democratic Renewal in the Belgian Federation Ronald Van Crombrugge 13. A Non-Populist Direct Democracy for Belgium Nenad Stojanovi? 14. Democratic Constitution-Making under the Belgian Constitution. Utilising its Untapped Potential Ronald Van Crombrugge 15. Sovereignty without Sovereignty. The Belgian Solution Raf Geenens