THE CONSTITUTION IN LIGHT OF THE GLOBALISATION OF NATIONAL LAW
Abstract
The issue of constituent power in the current phase of the international community’s globalisation can be considered in two aspects. First, one can consider whether the constituent power loses its legitimacy, i.e., becomes fictitious due to the creation of the so-called global norms (in which case the constituent power is entirely reduced to the normative expression of a formal constitution, devoid of genuine power). Second, one can consider whether there is a threat to national sovereignty, as this process indicates a creeping loss of competence of national states and their constitutional bodies. In the context of sovereignty, the traditional constitutional role of constituent power as a constituent subject of the state is also re-evaluated. It is increasingly discussed as ‘diffused and relativised, decentralised and fragmented,’ contributing to the theory of global constitutionalism. However, the assertion that the constituent power can be nullified due to the influence exerted by international legal sources is untenable. Under these conditions, it is possible to reconsider the understanding of the relationship between constituent power and international law.
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