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Abstract:
Doyen Vedel succeeded in striking the right balance to ease the tension between constitutional justice and democracy through the theory of the ‘ »lit de justice ». However, it has recently been pointed out that this solution « no longer seems sufficient » for some constitutionalists, who are campaigning for other, more radical methods that would ensure that the people or their representatives have the « dernier mot ». Yet it seems that such proposals are primarily the result of the fact that the theory of the « lit de justice » now seems obsolete.
On the author:
Par Thomas Andreu, Doctorant contractuel en droit public, Chaire internationale sur l’Europe Souveraine (CILES), Centre de Documentation et de Recherches Européennes (CDRE), Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour / Université de Luxembourg
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