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Kuo, Ming-Sung (2021) Authenticity : the ultimate challenge in the quest for lasting constitutional legitimacy. Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, 41 (1). pp. 265-287. doi:10.1093/ojls/gqaa022 ISSN 1464-3820.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/ojls/gqaa022
Abstract
The recent upsurge of populism has prompted a wave of theoretical reflections on constitutional democracy. Echoing Max Weber’s sociology of legitimate authority, Bruce Ackerman’s Revolutionary Constitutions: Charismatic Leadership and the Rule of Law stands out from the crowd by providing an ambitious trichotomy of constitutional legitimacy—revolutionary, establishmentarian and elitist—with a focus on the revolutionary pathway. Engaging with Ackerman’s theoretical modelling of the relationship between constitutionalism and legitimate authority, I argue that the resurgence of popular sovereignty, as embodied in We the People in populist rhetoric indicates the centrality of authenticity in constitutional democracy as constitutional authenticity is underpinned by the ethics of being true to the people’s originality. Yet, with the ethics of authenticity assuming its pathological form, the focus has been shifting from making sense of the constitution to the people’s self-identification with individual politicians. The latest wave of populism crystallises the anti-ethics of authenticity in our quest for lasting constitutional legitimacy.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology J Political Science > JA Political science (General) J Political Science > JC Political theory K Law [Moys] > KA Jurisprudence K Law [Moys] > KB General and Comparative Law K Law [Moys] > KM Common Law, Public Law |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Law | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Populism , Constitutional law , Rule of law , Constitutions, Charisma (Personality trait) -- Political aspects, Personality and politics, Political leadership | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Oxford Journal of Legal Studies | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 1464-3820 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | March 2021 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 41 | ||||||||
| Number: | 1 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 265-287 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1093/ojls/gqaa022 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in Oxford Journal of Legal Studies following peer review. The version of record Ming-Sung Kuo, Authenticity :The Ultimate Challenge in the Quest for Lasting Constitutional Legitimacy, Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, 2020, gqaa022, is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1093/ojls/gqaa022 | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 4 June 2020 | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 18 December 2022 | ||||||||
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