Liberalism, Popular Sovereignty, and Constituent Power in Latin America
ABSTRACT
The conference explored how to preserve a democratic regime in which popular participation in constitution making does not come at the price of individual liberty.
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The Federalist
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By Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison
Edited by George W. Carey and James McClellan
The Federalist, by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, constitutes a text central to the American political tradition. Written and published in newspapers in 1787 and 1788 to explain and promote ratification of the proposed Constitution for the United States, which were then bound by the Articles of Confederation,…
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Martínez Dalmau, Rubén and Roberto Viciano Pastor. Cambio Político y Proceso Constituyente en Venezuela (1998-2000). Madrid: Editorial Tirant lo Blanch, 2001.
Nina Massüger Sánchez Sandoval and Yanina Welp, “Legality and Legitimacy: Constituent Power in Venezuela, Bolivia, and Ecuador” In Patterns of Constitutional Design: The Role of Citizens and Elites in Constitution Making, edited by Jonathan Wheatley and Fernando Mendez, 103-118. Farnham: Ashgate, 2013.
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Wilson, James. Collected Works of James Wilson, Volume I. Edited by Kermit L. Hall and Mark David Hall. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, Inc., 2007. http://oll.libertyfund.org/title/2072 (accessed May 12, 2011).
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