Document (#40213)

Author

Roznai, Y.

Title

Towards a theory of unamendability

Source

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2569292

Year

2013

Series

NYU School of Law, Public Law Research Paper; No. 15-12

Abstract

This article stems from a single puzzle: how can constitutional amendments be unconstitutional? Adopting a combination of theoretical and comparative enquiries, this article focuses on the question of substantive limitations on the amendment power, looking at both their prevalence in practice and the conceptual coherence of the very idea of limitations to constitutional amendment powers. The article constructs a general theory of unamendability, which explains the nature and scope of amendment powers. The theory of unamendability identifies and develops a middle ground between constituent power and pure constituted power, a middle ground that is suggested by the French literature on 'derived constituent power'. Undergirding the discussion, therefore, is a simple yet fundamental distinction between primary constituent (constitution-making) power and secondary constituent (constitution-amending) power. This distinction, understood in terms of an act of delegation of powers, enables the construction of a theory of the limited (explicitly or implicitly) scope of secondary constituent powers. The theory of unamendability aims to clarify the puzzle of unconstitutional constitutional amendments.

Content

Vgl.: http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2569292. Fortsetzung der Diskussion von Guerra-Pujol, E.: Gödel's loophole. In: Capital University law review. 41 (2013), S.637-673.

Field

Rechtswissenschaft
Logik

Location

USA

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