Topic summary
Liberal constitution
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Constitutional liberalism.
Constitutional liberalism is different from liberal constitutionalism. While the former asserts values of personal sovereignty at a constitutional level, the latter guards freedom to assert ones own values in the constitution. Liberal constitutionalism, according to sociologist Kim Lane Scheppele, "honored the rights of individuals by setting limits on what governments could do in the name of majorities and requiring that the institutions of a democratic state remain accountable and limited."