Constitutional referendum – Popular sovereignty – Constituent power – Democratic legitimacy – Participation in referendum as exercise of constituent power – The legal status conception of the constitution – The legal functions conception of the constitution – Open question whether every provision in codified constitutions is essential to constituent power – Therefore, constitutional referendum not always mandated by democratic legitimacy

中文翻译：

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民主合法性不需要宪法公投。论制宪权理论中的“宪法”

宪法公投 – 人民主权 – 制宪权 – 民主合法性 – 参与公民投票作为制宪权的行使 – 宪​​法的法律地位概念 – 宪法的法律职能概念 – 成文宪法中的每条规定是否对制宪权都至关重要的悬而未决的问题– 因此，宪法公投并不总是由民主合法性授权