The use and perversion of originating constituent power in Venezuela (1999-2019)

The aim of the study is to examine the exercise of originating constituent power in Venezuela between 1999 and 2019, through the lens of the doctrine of constituent power and in order to examine its influence in this praxis. In particular, the study examines the 1999 constituent experience, and the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Franco Pérez, Antonio Filiu
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Oviedo (UNIOVI)
Repositorio:RUO. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Oviedo
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:digibuo.uniovi.es:10651/59580
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10651/59580
https://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJHRCS.2020.111512
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Venezuela
constituent power
Constitution of Venezuela
constituent experience
Latin American constitutional law
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Sumario:The aim of the study is to examine the exercise of originating constituent power in Venezuela between 1999 and 2019, through the lens of the doctrine of constituent power and in order to examine its influence in this praxis. In particular, the study examines the 1999 constituent experience, and the activation of originating constituent power in 2017 by President Maduro, to finally arrive at the idea that the design of Art. 347 of the 1999 Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela could be at the root of the political-institutional dysfunction the country suffers from today, as it could serve a latent political temptation to reinvent the constitutional wheel.