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Constitutive and constituted sovereignty
18 February 2020Sovereignty is invoked in many discussions today, from Brexit to Catalan independence, but it is rarely clear what, exactly, those who invoke sovereignty mean by it. For the purposes of understanding, analyzing, and understanding legal phenomena, however, a more precise understanding is necessary. -
Sovereignty in a globalised and polarised world?
9 December 2018What does sovereignty mean in today’s world, given trends of globalisation, Europeanisation and also polarisation? -
Whose sovereignty is it, anyway? Catalonia vs Spain
2 October 2017The wishes of the Spanish government and those of the Catalan people are diametrically opposed: 90% of voters in the referendum were for independence - but keep in mind also that only about half of the Catalan people voted. -
Popular sovereignty is not dead
13 March 2017Do the people still have power? Some might feel forgotten and turn to populism promising to give the country back to them. But popular sovereignty is not dead.
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