Constitutional politics is often contrasted with normal politics as being more deliberative and so able to produce a principled consensus rather than a compromise. This article qualifies this view. The authors argue that the potential exists for reasonable disagreement even over such basic constitutional principles as rights. As a result, a constitution can only be agreed by employing the arts of compromise typical of normal politics. Indeed, a prime role of constitutional politics lies in showing how conflicts can be normalised. The authors illustrate their argument via a detailed analysis of the various political compromises employed by the convention to draft the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.
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Bellamy, R., & Schönlau, J. (2012). The normality of constitutional politics: An analysis of the drafting of the EU charter of fundamental rights. In Philosophical dimensions of human rights: Some contemporary views (Vol. 9789400723764, pp. 231–252). Springer Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2376-4_12
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