The ‘Elite Problem’ in Deliberative Constitutionalism

Levy, Ron

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“…McKay, 2018). However, while new work looks at linked or sequenced institutions, sometimes (but not always) in their social and political context, they still tend to focus on deliberation, the noun (eg., LeDuc, 2015;Levy et al, 2018), instead of the dispersed deliberative quality that a more thorough-going systemic perspective would suggest (Chambers, 2018;Landemore, 2018).…”

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The Roles of Referendums in Deliberative Systems

Parkinson

2020

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This paper does not ask to what degree referendums match deliberative democratic criteria, because no institution can. Instead, it asks what roles referendums can play in a deliberative system. It argues that referendums can play constructive roles not just as legitimating tools, but also by providing focusing events that generate salience for everyday narratives of collective life. It also argues that small-scale deliberative processes work better when they are focused on such collective decision making moments.

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The Roles of Referendums in Deliberative Systems

Parkinson

2020

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“…De esta forma, el constitucionalismo fuerte ha minimizado la importancia tanto de la asignación del poder o empoderamiento democrático 63 , así como también de la calidad del razonamiento público 64 . En otras palabras, la reflexión constitucional se ha mantenido mayormente indiferente no solo ante el principio democrático 65 , sino también ante el principio de deliberación 66 .…”

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El constitucionalismo fuerte en la encrucijada. El constitucionalismo deliberativo como salida

Giuffré

2023

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El constitucionalismo fuerte, hoy prevaleciente a nivel global, se encuentra en una encrucijada. Por un lado, a partir de las crecientes y detalladas objeciones hacia la jurisdicción constitucional que comienzan a dirigirse desde la mitad del siglo xx. Por otro lado, a partir de los estándares que ofrece el giro deliberativo de la democracia, el cual tiene lugar a final del siglo xx, para evaluar y mejorar los procesos de toma de decisiones. En este marco, el constitucionalismo deliberativo es una alternativa que morigera las objeciones a la jurisdicción constitucional desde el compromiso con los estándares de la democracia deliberativa. El presente artículo, entonces, aborda cómo ambos cuestionamientos ponen en jaque al constitucionalismo fuerte, y cómo el sentido de ambos cuestionamientos es recobrado por el constitucionalismo deliberativo.

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“…In any case, courts may be just as poor at actually representing people as are other empowered elites, who are too often elitist by inclination (Papadopoulos 2012; Moore 2016). Courts may be prone to seeing even indeterminate, value-based policy matters as properly decided by experts such as themselves (Levy 2018). And when judges serve as umpires of deep controversies over rights, they may 'play for one of the teams' (Tokaji 2010: 433), due to their partisan factionalism (Dryzek 2016: 212) or their authorisation by a state whose authority may be the very matter in question (e.g.…”

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Rights and Deliberative Systems

Levy

2022

Journal of Deliberative Democracy

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This article maps a significant area of contribution to (and control of) deliberative democratic systems: human rights enacted in law. Thus it takes up John Dryzek’s call for ‘close study of actual deliberative systems in the terms that theorists specify’. The article shows how the theory and practice of legal rights often provide a good fit with, and sometimes help to elaborate and advance, aspects of systemic deliberative democratic theory. One rationale for presenting a more detailed legal map of deliberative systems is descriptive: to look more comprehensively at the set of participants and activities within such systems. Yet the project may also be framed as normative. To try to ensure that legal rights do not displace, but rather align with, systemic deliberative democracy, courts and other legal actors may engage in what the article terms (pace John Hart Ely) ‘deliberative system reinforcement’.

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The ‘Elite Problem’ in Deliberative Constitutionalism

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The Roles of Referendums in Deliberative Systems

The Roles of Referendums in Deliberative Systems

El constitucionalismo fuerte en la encrucijada. El constitucionalismo deliberativo como salida

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