From the French Revolution onwards, constituent power has been a key concept for thinking about the principle of popular power, and how it should be realised th

This book examines the relationship between constituent power and the law, and the place of the former in constitutional history, drawing from constitutional th

This book explores the democratic methods by which political communities make their basic law, and the dangers associated with constitution-making.

With a strong focus on constitutional law, this book examines the legal as well as the political power of 'the people' in constitutional democracies. Bringing t

This book seeks to develop a new approach to EU legitimacy by reformulating the classical notion of constituent power for the context of European integration an