Republican and Schmittian Conceptions of Constituent Power. Comments on Colón-Ríos's "Constituent Power and the Law"

This paper discusses Colon-Rios's reconstruction of the idea of constituent power in relation to his interpretations of Rousseau and Schmitt. It distinguishes a republican reading of constituent power as immanent to the juridical order from Schmitt's attempt to join constituent power with dictatorship