KritV Kritische Vierteljahresschrift für Gesetzgebung und Rechtswissenschaft

This paper attempts to give a more qualified measurement of what is known as democratic deficit, through a comparison of democratization criteria in Classical Athens and modern Greece. We first present a short analysis of the Classical Athenian...

From the politically definable concepts of autonomy, immediacy and participation, legal philosophy, legal theory and the practice of Athenian democracy in the 5th century BC derive a focal point: the principle of direct democracy as an effect of...

Contrary to a common contemporary perception of direct democracy as an unorganized, mass democracy Athenian democracy was a structured democracy with a deeply cultivated sense of justice. The element of deliberation, that is, of organized discussion...

To confront the issues that are rooted in the problem of citizen representation via the intermediation of political parties, democracies have adopted laws and enforcement mechanisms to make sure that the elected officials act for the public interest...

Until well into the present day, the ancient democracy of the Athenians was regarded by historians as an aliud unsuitable as a role model. After the horrors of the French Revolution, discrediting it as mass rule leading to ruin was the programme of...

The article deals with the conceptual development and current challenges of democratic systems, particularly in the area of tension between citizen participation and professional expertise. Direct democracy, in which citizens made political...