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Are octroyed constitutions of the 19th century to be considered as 'imposed constitutions'?
Gerkrath, Jörg
2018In Contiades, Xenophon; Albert, Richard; Fotiadou, Alkmene (Eds.) The Law and Legitimacy of Imposed Constitutions
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Keywords :
octroi octroyed constitution; imposed constitution
Abstract :
[en] The paper considers ‘octroyed’, ‘conceded’ or ‘granted’ constitutions of 19th century Europe whose common roots are to be found in the French ‘Charte constitutionnelle’ of 1814. These Charters stem from a paternalistic process of domestic constitution-making engaged unilaterally by a monarch possessing the de facto constituent power and exercising it without the direct involvement of a body representing the people. Such octroyed constitutions, which are of course to be opposed to democratically established ones, show nevertheless a number of specific characteristics which distinguish them also from ‘imposed constitutions’ in the usual sense. The expression ‘constitutional octroy’ should not be used as a synonym for any process leading to an ‘imposed Constitution’. The contribution aims to develop and to validate or invalidate the value of a series of distinctive criteria and possible elements of a definition of ‘octroyed’ or ‘granted’ constitutions in order to underline their specificity.
Disciplines :
Public law
Author, co-author :
Gerkrath, Jörg  ;  University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance (FDEF) > Law Research Unit
External co-authors :
no
Language :
English
Title :
Are octroyed constitutions of the 19th century to be considered as 'imposed constitutions'?
Publication date :
November 2018
Event name :
Conference on ‘Imposed Constitutions: Aspects of Imposed Constitutionalism’
Event place :
Nicosia, Cyprus
Event date :
from 05-05-2017 to 06-05-2017
Audience :
International
Main work title :
The Law and Legitimacy of Imposed Constitutions
Editor :
Contiades, Xenophon
Albert, Richard
Fotiadou, Alkmene
Publisher :
Routledge
Collection name :
Comparative constitutional change
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
Focus Area :
Law / European Law
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