The article is to emphasize the importance of the fundamental values in the constitution through the case study of the constitutional interpretation No.499 of Grand Justices, Judicial Yuan, which mirrors confrontation and collaboration between the popular sovereignty and the constitutional revision boundary. The paper suggests that the constitutional revision boundary is essential in preserving the democratic constitutional order. Whereas the popular sovereignty is the ultimate and the highest power in the constitutional system, it should nevertheless follow the rule of the fundamental values in the constitution. In turn, the value of the popular sovereignty is to be fulfilled. The article then will demonstrate the power of check and balance implied in the J.Y. Interpretation No.499, in order to establish referendum mechanism of the constitutional revision.
While transforming from transitory democracy to democratic consolidation status, Taiwan constantly faces the rising demand for a reform leading toward direct democracy. Under such setting, this paper recommends the system shall adjust the constitutional structure accordingly. However, the constitutional impact raised by the referendum shall also be mitigated by the balancing mechanism of the constitution. Therefore this paper first of all advocates that the petitioners' power of making constitutional revision of the Legislative Yuan should be checked in advance by the judicial review. Upon the completion of the judicial review process, the referendum can then be turned to the hands of citizens. The alleged goal is to avoid the intervention of political manipulation on popular will and to underline the constitutional significance of the popular sovereignty.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0607105-185141 |
| Date | 07 June 2005 |
| Creators | Wu, Sheng-wen |
| Contributors | none, none, none |
| Publisher | NSYSU |
| Source Sets | NSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive |
| Language | Cholon |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0607105-185141 |
| Rights | unrestricted, Copyright information available at source archive |
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