OBMEDZENIE PARTICIPAČNEJ DEMOKRACIE V USA

• Authors: Futó Gilbert

Title variants

EN

Limitation of participatory democracy in the United States

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

EN

Referendum and initiative as integral parts of participatory democracy are the key elements in preserving retained powers of the people. Diminishing the ability to guard they will by refusing to defend the outcomes of state popular vote in federal courts, leaves open question about interpretation of standing doctrines by United States Supreme Court. The same sex marriage cases present an example of different standards set by the highest court in this area. Hollingsworth v. Perry decision, stating that the official proponents of the initiative lack standing to appeal the judgement of the District Court undermines the principles of the initiative process, hence the whole concept of popular sovereignty.

Keywords

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PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY; SAME-SEX MARRIAGE; USA; COURT

• Publisher: Institute of Political Sciences, Faculty of Arts, University of Prešov
• Journal: Annales Scientia Politica
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 2
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 42 – 49

Contributors

author

Futó Gilbert

• Institute of Political Sciences, Faculty of Arts, University of Prešov, Slovak Republic