Participatory constitutional change: the people as amenders of the constitution

pt. 1. A synthetic approach -- pt. 2. Popular participation in constitutional change : theoretical and historical aspects -- pt. 3. Lessons from long direct-democratic experience : the equilibrium between democracy and constitutionalism in Switzerland and California -- pt. 4. New trends in popular involvement : best practices and fatal mistakes in the Icelandic and Irish cases -- pt. 5. The dilemma of introducing constitutional referendums : Luxembourg and Greece -- pt. 6. EU aspects of popular participation : European integration, national sovereignty and direct-democratic procedures.

The people as amenders of the constitution / Xenophon Contiades and Alkmene Fotiadou -- Constitutional reform in Europe and recourse to the people / Paul Blokker -- A future for referendums in the Fifth French Republic? / Jan-Herman Reestman -- Participation of citizens in constitution-making : assets and challenges : the Swiss experience / Thomas Fleiner -- Direct democracy vs fundamental rights? : a comparative analysis of the mechanisms that limit the "will of the people" in Switzerland and California / Claudia Josi -- The people's contribution to constitutional changes : writing, advising or approving? : lessons from Iceland / Björg Thorarensen -- Bringing people into the heart of constitutional design : the Irish Constitutional Convention of 2012-14 / David M. Farrell, Clodagh Harris, and Jane Suiter -- The "sudden eagerness" to consult the Luxemburgish people on constitutional change / Jörg Gerkrath -- The role of the people in constitutional amendment in Greece : between narratives and practice / Alkmene Fotiadou -- The use of referendums on European topics in the integration process of the European Union / Dario Elia Tosi -- Sovereignty, constitutional identity, direct democracy? : direct democracy as a national strategy for upholding the nation state in EU integration / Helle Krunke