Ben Achour, Rafâa Keywords: Politics | Government | Constitutional law | Political systems | Constitutional state | Democracy | International law | Regional organizations | Mots clefs: ABSTRACT The rejection of unconstitutional change of government is increasingly evident at the international level. At the universal level, international law in this regard remains embryonic; the normative framework has advocated indifference before emerging towards a universal mechanism that enshrines the rule of law and democracy. The birt…

Charlesworth, Hilary Keywords: Democracy | Political systems | Political regimes | Public international law | International law | Concept | Peacebuilding | State-building | Mots clefs: ABSTRACT This course starts with the author sketching the diverse understanding of the term “democracy”, and what the meaning of democracy is through different debates. It then considers how the formal doctrines of international law have engaged with concepts of democracy, emphasizing the partial nature of this engagement. After that, a cha…