Kuo, Ming-Sung (2009) (Dis)embodiments of constitutional authorship : global tax competition and the crisis of constitutional democracy. The George Washington International Law Review, Vol.41 (No.1). pp. 181-242. ISSN 1534-9977.

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Abstract

The initial onset of globalization generated optimism regarding the possible creation of a global legal universe capable of transcending the borders of demos-centered constitutional states. This optimism, however, remains unfulfilled. Constitutional democracy, meanwhile, as currently understood, is undergoing an institutional self-transformation. This Article rethinks the constitutional order in the age of globalization. The approach detailed here addresses legal globalization by inspecting the constitutional welfare state in light of contemporary global tax competition. This argument emphasizes that globalization in general, and global tax competition in particular, exposes the limits of the constitutional state’s governing ability. Specifically, the institutional responses to global tax competition from constitutional states reveal the existential challenge to constitutional democracy created by globalization: the undermining of the legitimacy of constitutional order by the dissolution of "constitutional authorship." A closer inspection shows that intrinsic to those institutional responses is the common feature that the relationship between the governing authority and its citizens in these strategies inevitably dissolves. The resulting disembodiment of "constitutional authorship" has led to the current existential crisis of constitutional democracy.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory K Law [Moys] > KM Common Law, Public Law
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Constitutional law, Globalization, International organization, International economic integration, Taxation
Journal or Publication Title:	The George Washington International Law Review
Publisher:	George Washington University, National Law Center
ISSN:	1534-9977
Official Date:	2009
Dates:	Date Event 2009 Published
Volume:	Vol.41
Number:	No.1
Page Range:	pp. 181-242
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access
Date of first compliant deposit:	1 August 2016
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