Murkens, Jo Eric Khushal (2017) Democracy as the legitimating condition in the UK constitution. LSE Law, Society and Economy Working Papers (8/2017). Department of Law, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.
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Abstract
The UK constitution is either theorised as a political constitution that is premised on the Westminster model of government or as a legal constitution that rests on moral principles, which the common law is said to protect. Both models conceive of democracy in procedural terms, and not in substantive terms. However, the democratic legitimacy of laws stems from a complex constellation of conditions that no longer involves popular or parliamentary sovereignty alone. This article explores three questions. First, in what situation does the absence of a concrete understanding of democracy become an inescapable problem for constitutional law? Second, to what extent are the existing constitutional models democratically deficient? Third, what precisely must democracy prescribe as the indispensable condition for political legitimacy?
| Item Type: | Monograph (Working Paper) |
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| Official URL: | http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/law/wps/index.htm |
| Additional Information: | © 2017 The Author |
| Divisions: | Law |
| Subjects: | J Political Science > JC Political theory K Law > K Law (General) |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Apr 2018 13:33 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Sep 2023 23:43 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/87551 |
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