Challenges to the Idea of a Constitutional Polity

• Autorzy: Ulrich K. Preuß
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

This essay defends the claim that democracy-the rule of the people-is only possible by means of a constitution. In John Searle's analytical approach, democracy is based upon the distinction between regulative and constitutive rules; the latter create institutional realities which increase the capacity of human societies to mobilize their resources most effectively for a good social and political order. A case in point is the concept of the "will of the people," which populist movements in several liberal democracies have been invoking as the truly authentic source of democratic rule. The author raises the question of whether modern-day dictatorships can be based upon the idea of democracy. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Constitution; Democracy; Society; Law

PL

Konstytucja; Demokracja; Społeczeństwo; Prawo

• Czasopismo: Polish Sociological Review
• Rocznik: 2019
• Numer: nr 4 (208)
• Strony: 413--420

Twórcy

autor

Ulrich K. Preuß

• Free University Berlin

Bibliografia

• Dworkin, R. 1978. Taking Rights Seriously. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, p. 227.
• Rousseau, J.J. 2006. Social Contract, Book IV. M. Cranston (ed.). London: Penguin Books.
• Schmitt, C. 2008 [1928], Constitutional Theory. Trans. J. Seitzer. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, p. 266.
• Searle, J.R. 2006. Social Ontology: Some Basic Principles. Anthropological Theory 6 (1): 12-29 [19].
• Weber, M. 1978 [1922]. Economy and Society: An Outline of Interpretive Sociology (edited by Guenther Roth and Claus Wittich) Two Vols. Berkeley/Los Angeles/London: University of California Press, at 954.

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.26412/psr208.02