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Constitutional Precedence and the Genesis of the Belgian Constitution of 1831 [PDF]
Studies in the History of Law and Justice, 2018 Constitutional precedence constitutes a defining element of modern constitutionalism. This chapter aims to elucidate the way in which this idea was embedded in the Belgian Constitution of 1831. It does so by combining a historical-genealogical approach with a legal one.
Brecht Deseure
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National Sovereignty in the Belgian Constitution of 1831. On the Meaning(s) of Article 25 [PDF]
Studies in the History of Law and Justice, 2016 Article 25 of the Belgian Constitution of 1831 specifies that all powers emanate from the nation, but fails to define who or what the nation is. This chapter aims at reconstructing the underdetermined meaning of national sovereignty by looking into a wide array of sources concerning the genesis and reception of the Belgian Constitution.
Brecht Deseure
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Studies in Public Choice, 2015 In our modern States, Constitutions underlie political power and its institutional settings. Two different texts lay the foundation of the Constitutional history of Belgium: the Constitution of 1831 and that of 1993. Each arose during a period of historical change.
Nathalie Schiffino, Steve Jacob
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Zeitschrift Der Savigny-Stiftung Fur Rechtsgeschichte, Germanistische Abteilung, 2020 La recension porte sur une partie du Journal of Constitutional History qui correspond à une étude réalisée à la KUL. Suivant une approche multidisciplinaire, cette étude revient sur les origines de la Constitution belge. La recension met en lumière le contenu et les interactions entre les différentes contributions à cette étude.
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‘The Nation will always prevail’, Representation, participation and contestation in the Belgian Constitution of 1831 [PDF]
Tijdschrift voor Rechtsgeschiedenis, 2020 Summary The exact nature of the concept of sovereignty enshrined by the Belgian Constitution of 1831 has recently become the object of academic debate. This article takes a stand in this debate by analyzing the representative system instated by the constituent National Congress.
Maes, Christophe, Deseure, Brecht
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Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai. Studia Europaea, 2023 This article has as its starting point the genesis of Romanian constitutionalism. Developed according to the Belgian model, the Constitution of 1866 allowed the birth of a democratic system of government and consolidated the autonomy of Romania, in the ...
Claudia-Elena CRĂCIUN-CHIVEREANU
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Sixth state reform in Belgium: New, but not the last stage of devolution [PDF]
Anali Pravnog Fakulteta u Beogradu, 2014 Belgian Constitution of 1831 is one of the oldest constitutions in the world which is still in force. It is well known for having remained in force despite the change of organization of state - from unitary to federal.
Stanković Marko
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The road to democracy: The development of constitutionalism in Serbia 1869-1903 [PDF]
Balcanica, 2007 After the swiftly abolished liberal Constitution of 1835 and the imposed 'Turkish' one of 1838 (imposed by the Russians and Ottomans, guarantors of Serbia's autonomy granted in 1830, to limit the princely power), the development of constitutionalism in ...
Bataković Dušan T.
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Rechtsgeschichte - Legal History, 2003 Western European legal historiography deplores the 19th century as the age of destruction of the Romanrooted ius commune by national codes. In reality the French code civil, the Austrian ABGB and the German Pandectist jurisprudence effected rather a ...
Tomasz Giaro
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Eclectisch en toch nieuw. De uitvinding van het Belgisch parlement in 1830-1831
BMGN: Low Countries Historical Review, 2005 Eclectic yet still new. The creation of the Belgian parliament in 1830-1831 The Belgian Constitution of 1831 consisted mainly of clauses borrowed from older constitutions.
H. De Smaele
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