Pouvoirs 2005/3 No 114
Journal article

Is There Anything Left of the General Will?

On the New Myths of French Constitutional Law

Pages 5 to 19

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  • BRUNET, Pierre,
2005. Is There Anything Left of the General Will? On the New Myths of French Constitutional Law. Pouvoirs, 2005/3 No 114, p.5-19. DOI : 10.3917/pouv.114.0005. URL : https://droit.cairn.info/journal-pouvoirs-2005-3-page-5?lang=en.
  • Brunet, Pierre.
« Is There Anything Left of the General Will? : On the New Myths of French Constitutional Law ». Pouvoirs, 2005/3 No 114, 2005. p.5-19. CAIRN.INFO, droit.cairn.info/journal-pouvoirs-2005-3-page-5?lang=en.
  • Brunet, P.
(2005). Is There Anything Left of the General Will? On the New Myths of French Constitutional Law. Pouvoirs, No 114(3), 5-19. https://doi.org/10.3917/pouv.114.0005.

https://doi.org/10.3917/pouv.114.0005

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Cite this article

  • Brunet, P.
(2005). Is There Anything Left of the General Will? On the New Myths of French Constitutional Law. Pouvoirs, No 114(3), 5-19. https://doi.org/10.3917/pouv.114.0005.
  • Brunet, Pierre.
« Is There Anything Left of the General Will? : On the New Myths of French Constitutional Law ». Pouvoirs, 2005/3 No 114, 2005. p.5-19. CAIRN.INFO, droit.cairn.info/journal-pouvoirs-2005-3-page-5?lang=en.
  • BRUNET, Pierre,
2005. Is There Anything Left of the General Will? On the New Myths of French Constitutional Law. Pouvoirs, 2005/3 No 114, p.5-19. DOI : 10.3917/pouv.114.0005. URL : https://droit.cairn.info/journal-pouvoirs-2005-3-page-5?lang=en.

https://doi.org/10.3917/pouv.114.0005

French
English

While there is no doubt that today’s Parliament no longer is the sovereign institution it used to be, the fiction of the general will is still useful to French constitutional law. It is now used to justify the supremacy of the constitution against which any piece of legislation has to be checked. So much so that judges sometimes abstain from controlling a legislative measure because of its conformity to the constitution. This paradoxical situation also tends to undermine the classical doctrine of representation.

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