Sethi on Populism & Liberal Democracy
Amal Sethi (University of Pennsylvania) has posted Populism, Liberal Democracy, and Constitutionalism: An Unholy Trinity (Prepared for The International Conference on ‘The Populist Transformation Of Constitutional Law’ at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Law School, Greece (May 2021)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
The new plague facing liberal democracy is authoritarian populist projects. Scholars have been grappling with discovering answers on how to safeguard liberal democracy in the face of authoritarian populist projects. Much of the legal academic discourse concerning the same has been centered around constitutional law innovations like unconstitutional constitutional amendments, revision clauses, defensive/militant democracy, or institutional mechanisms such as judicial institutions. Nonetheless, these tools have largely been unsuccessful in stopping or even halting authoritarian populist projects. This article will argue that