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Comment on the proposition that liberal constitutionalism precedes liberal democracy.

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  • Democracy

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Liberal constitutionalism limits power through law, the separation of powers and guaranteed rights. Democracy lets the people choose and remove their rulers. Fareed Zakaria ("The Rise of Illiberal Democracy", Foreign Affairs, 1997; The Future of Freedom, 2003) argued that in the West the first came long before the second, and that elections held without it…

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