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- Anti-Constitutional Populism
- Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
- Anti-Constitutional Populism
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: Anti-Constitutional Populism
- I Populisms
- Chapter 1 Populist Constitutionalism – Between Democracy and Authoritarianism
- Chapter 2 Anti-elitism and the Constitution – Some Reflections on Populist Constitutionalism
- Chapter 3 Constitutional Populism in South Africa
- Chapter 4 Subaltern Populism – Dutertismo and the War on Constitutional Democracy
- II Courts
- III Anti-Constitutionalism After Post-Communism
- IV Eu Responses
- V Concluding Reflections
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
- References
Chapter 1 - Populist Constitutionalism – Between Democracy and Authoritarianism
from I - Populisms
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 March 2022
- Anti-Constitutional Populism
- Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
- Anti-Constitutional Populism
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: Anti-Constitutional Populism
- I Populisms
- Chapter 1 Populist Constitutionalism – Between Democracy and Authoritarianism
- Chapter 2 Anti-elitism and the Constitution – Some Reflections on Populist Constitutionalism
- Chapter 3 Constitutional Populism in South Africa
- Chapter 4 Subaltern Populism – Dutertismo and the War on Constitutional Democracy
- II Courts
- III Anti-Constitutionalism After Post-Communism
- IV Eu Responses
- V Concluding Reflections
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
- References
Summary
There is a tendency in current constitutional thinking to reduce populism to a single set of universal elements. These theories juxtapose populism with constitutionalism and argue that populism is by definition antithetical to constitutionalism.1 Populism, according to this view, undermines the very substance of constitutional (liberal) democracy.2 By attacking the core elements of constitutional democracy, such as independent courts, free media, civil rights and fair electoral rules, populism by necessity degenerates into one or another form of anti-liberal and authoritarian order.3
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- Anti-Constitutional Populism , pp. 27 - 66Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022
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