Article | The «National Sovereignty», «National Will Expression», «Direct Democracy», «The form of the Direct Democracy»: Theoretical and Methodological Aspects |
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Authors | Skrypniuk O., Fedorenko V. |
Name of magazine | Legal journal «Law of Ukraine» (Ukrainian version) |
Issue | 9 / 2012 |
Pages | 281 - 290 |
Annotation | Historical roots of democracy and the doctrine of popular sovereignty are analyzed in the article. Much attention is paid to the genesis of ideas about democracy and the forms of its realization in Ukraine and abroad. The nature and content of the categories of «national sovereignty» and «national will», «direct democracy», «forms of direct democracy» are substantiated in the context of the modernization of the Ukrainian Constitution, launched by the activity of the Constitutional Assembly. |
Keywords | popular sovereignty, the people’s will, direct democracy, form of direct democracy, the Constitution of Ukraine. |
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