The pendulum swings back: New authoritarian threats to liberal democratic constitutionalism

Abstract

and the Last Man (Free Press, New York, 1992) 45. 2 Most famously, SP Huntington, 'Clash of Civilizations' (1993) 72(3) Foreign Affairs 22 was largely coterminous with Fukuyama's account.3 Of course, the influence of foreign meddling in these electoral events raises the question of how 'internal' they truly were, and whether technological and social changes are fundamentally upending traditional conceptions of popular national self-determination.

Introduction to the Handbook on Global Constitutionalism: protecting rights and democracy while binding power

“…For some, the global constitutionalist idea is directly linked to liberalism, particularly in its focus on democracy, human rights and the rule of law (Kumm 2018). In a recent editorial in the journal Global Constitutionalism, the editors note that the principles of liberal democratic constitutionalism (LDC) are being used by illiberal states to undermine those same principles (Eisler et al 2022). Indeed, writing prior to the 2022 invasion, they point to how Russia has used a standard liberal idea, a referendum, to support its claims to occupy Crimea in 2014 (Ibid.…”