Constitutional Crowdsourcing to reconcile Demos and Aristos

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Abstract

After the Icelandic experience of constitutional
crowdsourcing (2009–2012), members of the state’s legal community, parliamentarians and policymakers affirmed that the constitutional draft was unrealistic, unenforceable and against the legal and political tradition of the Nordic country. On the other hand, other legal expertise argued that the main institutions
of the state, political parties and the economic and intellectual elite betrayed the will of the people and provoked the failure of the first constitutional crowdsourced experience.
This paper analyses this constitutional experience, the reasons of its failure and whether can be a model to be followed by post-colonial constitutional experiences in Africa.
Original languageUkranian
Pages (from-to)19-32
Number of pages14
JournalUkrainian Journal of Constitutional Law
Volume342
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017

Keywords

  • constitutional crowdsourcing
  • constitutional experience
  • constitution

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