Book contents
- Deciphering the Genome of Constitutionalism
- Comparative Constitutional Law and Policy
- Deciphering the Genome of Constitutionalism
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Foundations, Theory, and Concepts
- 1 Rousseau’s Sovereignty and the Concept of Constitutional Identity
- 2 Constitutional Identity
- 3 Constitutional Identity as Discourse
- 4 Constitutional Identity and Constitutional Revolution
- 5 The Death of Constituent Power
- 6 Constitutional Identity as a Source of Ontological Security
- 7 The Crisis in, and of, Constitutional Identity
- Part II Comparative Perspectives
- Part III American Constitutionalism and Constitutional Identity
- Part IV Emerging Trends
- Index
- References
7 - The Crisis in, and of, Constitutional Identity
from Part I - Foundations, Theory, and Concepts
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 March 2024
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Book contents
- Deciphering the Genome of Constitutionalism
- Comparative Constitutional Law and Policy
- Deciphering the Genome of Constitutionalism
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Foundations, Theory, and Concepts
- 1 Rousseau’s Sovereignty and the Concept of Constitutional Identity
- 2 Constitutional Identity
- 3 Constitutional Identity as Discourse
- 4 Constitutional Identity and Constitutional Revolution
- 5 The Death of Constituent Power
- 6 Constitutional Identity as a Source of Ontological Security
- 7 The Crisis in, and of, Constitutional Identity
- Part II Comparative Perspectives
- Part III American Constitutionalism and Constitutional Identity
- Part IV Emerging Trends
- Index
- References
Summary
This conversation will address the crisis in the concept of constitutional identity, a concept which has been subtly articulated by Gary J Jacobsohn. Conceiving ‘crisis’ as ‘disharmonies’, he speaks of constitutional ‘identity’ in a dialectical relation as a culturally embedded core of varied practices of identification. The preliminary issue is whether, and how, the national and constitutional identity coincide. Second, we consider the matter of identity entrepreneurs and, third, examine the thesis of ‘abuse of constitutional identity’ and the dialectics of robustness and fragility of/in the identity of constitution. Finally, we attend briefly to some questions of related concerns raised by the distinction between ‘We, the people’ and ‘We, the nations’, in relation to the notions of identity.
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- Deciphering the Genome of ConstitutionalismThe Foundations and Future of Constitutional Identity, pp. 89 - 98Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024
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