ABSTRACT

This paper aims to assess the relevance of the notion of the material constitution for democratic constitutional theory. It is argued that the concept of material constitution is a useful antidote for narrowly legalistic approaches to constitutional theory, but only if its complexities are properly understood. To achieve such understanding, theorists of the material constitution would do well to rely more strongly than they have thus far on Hans Kelsen’s approach to the material constitution of democracy.

中文翻译：

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汉斯·凯尔森与民主的物质构成

摘要

本文旨在评估物质宪法概念与民主宪法理论的相关性。有人认为，物质宪法的概念是对宪法理论的狭隘法律主义方法的有用解毒剂，但前提是它的复杂性得到正确理解。为了达到这样的理解，物质宪法的理论家最好比他们迄今为止更强烈地依赖汉斯凯尔森对民主的物质宪法的方法。