Chapitre 1. Le fédéralisme et la révision constitutionnelle: de la théorie à la pratique

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AuthorDave Guénete
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Le fédéralisme et la révision
constitutionnelle: de la théorie à la
pratique
Dans toute fédération, la révision constitutionnelle est un enjeu
singulier d’équilibre étatique, requérant certainement une attention
particulière. En eet, la révision du pacte fondateur de l’association
politique, de même que le processus par lequel elle se réalise, est,
comme nous en avons fait état dans l’introduction, d’un intérêt et
d’une importance indéniables.
Pour approfondir l’analyse des liens qui existent entre fédéra-
lisme et révision constitutionnelle, nous adopterons ici une posture
à la fois théorique et empirique. D’abord, nous traiterons de ce que
les théoriciens du fédéralisme proposent, quant à la participation
des entités fédérées au processus de révision (.). Ensuite, nous
explorerons divers modèles d’intégration des entités fédérées à cette
procédure (.).
1.1 La nécessaire participation des entités fédérées au
processus de révision
La nature fédérale d’un État lui impose, d’un point de vue théorique
et normatif, la mise en place d’une procédure de révision constitu-
tionnelle dans laquelle ses entités fédérées pourront prendre part à
l’exercice de la fonction constituante. En eet, pour reprendre les
propos de Marc Verdussen, en contexte fédéral, « l’implication des
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