The limits of democracy: paradoxes and tensions
In this article, Ruiz Miguel reflects upon the limits of democracy, understood in a liberal sense, and tries to highlight the principal traits that characterize and justify the democratic system of government just the way we understand it and practice it today. To reach a conclusion, the writer asse...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2012 |
| País: | México |
| Recursos: | UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO |
| Repositorio: | Revista de la Facultad de Derecho de México |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/30273 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://revistas.unam.mx/index.php/rfdm/article/view/30273 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Democracy Liberalism Pure democrat paradox True liberal paradox Neo-constitutionalism Democracia liberalismo Paradoja del demócrata puro Paradoja del verdadero liberal Neoconstitucionalismo |
| Resumo: | In this article, Ruiz Miguel reflects upon the limits of democracy, understood in a liberal sense, and tries to highlight the principal traits that characterize and justify the democratic system of government just the way we understand it and practice it today. To reach a conclusion, the writer asserts that there are relatively complex and gradual criteria that consider an ideal model of democracy and diffused limits in the application of this ideal to reality. In this sense, the writer identifies two paradoxes and one dilemma: the paradox of the pure democrat, the paradox of the true liberal and the dilemma of the perfect liberal democrat. The above mentioned serves to demonstrate that the liberal-democratic system puts in play different types of rights which produce continuous tension between civil and political rights, or, better yet, between the liberal and democratic principal. |
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