Research articles
Popular Sovereignty as the Foundation of the State Order and as Constitutional Principle
How to Cite
Marshall Barberán, P. (2011). Popular Sovereignty as the Foundation of the State Order and as Constitutional Principle. Revista De Derecho - Pontificia Universidad Católica De Valparaíso, 35(2). Retrieved from https://www.rdpucv.cl/index.php/rderecho/article/view/755
Abstract
This work aims at presenting the origin and the basis of the principle of popular sovereignty, its role within the contemporaneous theory of the constitution and the meaning and extent that its constitutional enshrining has in Chile. To do this, the role of popular sovereignty in each of the dimensions it is commonly used is analyzed: political theory, constitutional and dogmatic theory, as well as detecting the relationship among said dimensions.