The reception of Sieyès in the XIXth and XXth century French doctrine of Public Law

Authors

  • Alain Laquièze Universidad de la Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris III

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17811/hc.v0i6.80

Keywords:

Sieyès, representation, constituent power, French doctrine, public law

Abstract

Before being recognized as the author of the theory of the national sovereignty, Sieyès was known as the author of the theory of the limited sovereignty. Those lawyers of the Group of Coppet (particularly Benjamin Constant and Germaine de Staêl) were very influenced by his political thought. But this influence can also be found in the 1900 year doctrine, when he is finally conceived as one of the fathers of the liberal school, and an heir of Montesquieu. The French doctrine of Public Law in the 1900 years, tried to show Sieyès as the main author of the national sovereignty theory, and has recognized the real dimension of his thought through the theories of representation and constituent power.

Submission date: 17/11/2004
Acceptance date: 23/01/2005

Author Biography

Alain Laquièze, Universidad de la Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris III

Professeur de droit public en la Université d'Angers y Maître de conférences en el Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences-Po). Recientemente ha publicado: Les origines du régime parlementaire en France (1814-1848), PUF, coll. Léviathan, 2002 ; Le contrôle de constitutionnalité des lois vu par les penseurs libéraux au XIXème siècle, Giornale di Storia costituzionale, 2002, n° 4, pp. 155-171.

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No. 6 (2005): Historia Constitucional N. 6 (2005)

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Europe and United States of America

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