The conflict between direct democracy and international law: analysing the Swiss case

Dostal, Jörg Michael; Champod, Marc

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dc.contributor.author	Dostal, Jörg Michael	de
dc.contributor.author	Champod, Marc	de
dc.date.accessioned	2018-01-25T14:43:34Z
dc.date.available	2018-01-25T14:43:34Z
dc.date.issued	2015	de
dc.identifier.uri	https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/55607
dc.description.abstract	The rising number of Swiss popular initiatives conflicting with international law reflects the decline of Swiss consensus democracy. A case in point is the 2009 ban on the construction of minarets, which focused international attention on Switzerland and its direct democracy. The Constitution can be amended through popular initiatives that - following the collection of 100,000 signatures and a popular vote - put demand on the executive and the legislature to transcribe the constitutional popular initiative into a law. Therefore, the Swiss Constitution might violate international law. This conflict arose due to the absence of judicial review, such as a constitutional court, and the absence of limits to popular initiatives. Even though in 1999 jus cogens, or mandatory international law, was established as a criterion to invalidate popular initiatives, this provision has so far never been applied. The article outlines how increased polarization in the Swiss political system has turned the popular initiative into a potentially destabilizing political instrument and analyses efforts to solve the elusive issue of conflicts between popular sovereignty and international law.	en
dc.description.tableofcontents	Ⅰ. Introduction Ⅱ. Stating the problem 1. Special features of the Swiss polity 2. The case of the popular initiative 3. Primacy of international law over national law 4. Jus cogens v. jus dispositivum 5. The absence of judicial review in the Swiss case Ⅲ. Searching for solutions 1. Recent failed attempts to introduce judicial review in Switzerland 2. The absence of judicial review and consensus democracy 3. Recent debates on the conflict between popular initiatives and international law Ⅳ. Conclusion	de
dc.language	en	de
dc.subject.ddc	Staatsformen und Regierungssysteme	de
dc.subject.ddc	Systems of governments & states	en
dc.subject.ddc	Recht	de
dc.subject.ddc	Law	en
dc.subject.other	judicial review	de
dc.title	The conflict between direct democracy and international law: analysing the Swiss case	de
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dc.source.journal	Journal of the Korean-German Association for Social Sciences / Zeitschrift der Koreanisch-Deutschen Gesellschaft für Sozialwissenschaften
dc.source.volume	25	de
dc.publisher.country	DEU
dc.source.issue	3	de
dc.subject.classoz	Staat, staatliche Organisationsformen	de
dc.subject.classoz	Political System, Constitution, Government	en
dc.subject.classoz	Recht	de
dc.subject.classoz	Law	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Konkordanzdemokratie	de
dc.subject.thesoz	consociational democracy	en
dc.subject.thesoz	direkte Demokratie	de
dc.subject.thesoz	direct democracy	en
dc.subject.thesoz	internationales Recht	de
dc.subject.thesoz	international law	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Volksabstimmung	de
dc.subject.thesoz	plebiscite	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Volksentscheid	de
dc.subject.thesoz	referendum	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Verfassungsänderung	de
dc.subject.thesoz	constitutional amendment	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Gesetzgebung	de
dc.subject.thesoz	legislation	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Volkssouveränität	de
dc.subject.thesoz	sovereignty of the people	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Völkerrecht	de
dc.subject.thesoz	law of nations	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Schweiz	de
dc.subject.thesoz	Switzerland	en
dc.identifier.urn	urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-55607-8
dc.rights.licence	Digital Peer Publishing Licence - Freie DIPP-Lizenz	de
dc.rights.licence	Free Digital Peer Publishing Licence	en
ssoar.contributor.institution	SNU (Seoul National University)	de
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