The legal limits of direct democracy : a comparative analysis of referendums and initiatives across Europe /

The legal limits of direct democracy : a comparative analysis of referendums and initiatives across Europe /

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Imprint:	Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, Massachusetts, USA : Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2021.
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Subject:	European Commission for Democracy through Law. European Commission for Democracy through Law. Referendum -- Europe. Direct democracy -- Europe. Constitutional law -- Europe. Constitutional law. Direct democracy. Referendum. Europe. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13430793

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Other authors / contributors:	Moeckli, Daniel, editor. Forgács, Anna (Lawyer), editor. Ibi, Henri, editor.
ISBN:	1800372809 9781800372801 9781800372795
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Unrestricted online access Online resource; title from title screen (Elgaronline, viewed on July 22, 2021).
Summary:	"With the rise of direct-democratic instruments, the relationship between popular sovereignty and the rule of law is set to become one of the defining political issues of our time. This important and timely book provides an in-depth analysis of the limits imposed on referendums and citizens' initiatives, as well as of systems of reviewing compliance with these limits, in 11 European states."
Other form:	Print version: Legal limits of direct democracy. Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2021 9781800372795

Table of Contents:

Part I: The Venice Commission's Code of Good Practice on Referendums
The Code of Good Practice on Referendums / Pierre Garrone
Revision of the Code of Good Practice on Referendums / Nicos C. Alivizatos
Part II: "Old" European democracies
Switzerland / Daniel Moeckli
Liechtenstein / Wilfried Marxer
Italy / Henri Ibi
Spain / Daniel Simancas
France / Marthe Fatin-Rouge Stefanini
Part III: "New" European democracies
Slovenia / Bruna Žuber and Igor Kaučič
Croatia / Robert Podolnjak
Slovakia / Kamil Baraník
Hungary / Anna Forgács
Latvia / Mārtin̦š Birg̓elis
Russia / Julian Ivan Beriger
Comparative conclusion / Anna Forgács, Henri Ibi and Daniel Moeckli.