Participatory Constitutional Change : The People as Amenders of the Constitution (Hardcover)

Introduction: Participatory Constitutional Change
Xenophon Contiades and Alkmene Fotiadou

PART I A Synthetic Approach
1. The People as Amenders of the Constitution
Xenophon Contiades and Alkmene Fotiadou

PART II Popular Participation in Constitutional Change: Theoretical and Historical Aspects

2. Constitutional Reform in Europe and Recourse to the People
Paul Blokker

3. A Future for Referendums in the Fifth French Republic?
Jan-Herman Reestman

PART III Lessons from Long Direct-Democratic Experience: The Equilibrium Between Democracy and Constitutionalism in Switzerland and California

4. Participation of Citizens in Constitution-Making. Assets and Challenges - The Swiss Experience
Thomas Fleiner

5. Direct Democracy vs Fundamental Rights? A Comparative Analysis of the Mechanisms that Limit the ‘Will of the People’ in Switzerland and California
Claudia Josi

PART IV New Trends in Popular Involvement: Best Practices and Fatal Mistakes in the Icelandic and Irish Cases

6. The People’s Contribution to Constitutional Changes. Writing, Advising or Approving? ? Lessons from Iceland
Bjorg Thorarensen

7. Bringing People into the Heart of Constitutional Design: The Irish Constitutional Convention of 2012-14
David M. Farrell, Clodagh Harris and Jane Suiter

PART V The Dilemma of Introducing Constitutional Referendums: Luxemburg and Greece

8. The ‘Sudden Eagerness’ to Consult the Luxemburgish People on Constitutional Change
Jorg Gerkrath

9. The Role of the People in Constitutional Amendment in Greece: Between Narratives and Practice
Alkmene Fotiadou

PART VI EU Aspects of Popular Participation: European Integration, National Sovereignty and Direct-Democratic Procedures

10. The Use of Referendums on European Topics in the Integration Process of the European Union
Dario Elia Tosi

11. Sovereignty, Constitutional Identity, Direct Democracy? Direct Democracy as a National Strategy for Upholding the Nation State in EU Integration
Helle Krunke