Constitutional Modernisation and Deliberative Democracy: A Political Science Assessment of Four Cases

This article analyses contemporary attempts at constitutional modernisation through deliberative democracy. The cases of Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, and Nepal are assessed through the lens of three different types of legitimacy: input legitimacy, throughput legitimacy, and output legitimacy.

Bibliographic Details
Published in:Revue interdisciplinaire d'études juridiques
Main Authors: Eerola, Aleksi, Reuchamps, Min
Language:French
Published: 2016
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Online Access:https://www.cairn.info/article.php?ID_ARTICLE=RIEJ_077_0319
https://doi.org/10.3917/riej.077.0319
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Summary:This article analyses contemporary attempts at constitutional modernisation through deliberative democracy. The cases of Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, and Nepal are assessed through the lens of three different types of legitimacy: input legitimacy, throughput legitimacy, and output legitimacy.