by Sean Reilly | Apr 16, 2008
Should anything be able to thwart the will of the people expressed through freely chosen and accountable representative institutions? This has long been one of the limit testing questions for modern political theorists. Answer ‘no’ and you invite the nightmare of a...
by Sean Reilly | Nov 3, 2007
Roman Catholic bishops have warned that attempts at constitutional reform in Venezuela by President Hugo Chavez restrict the rights of citizens and grant too much power to the State with a “president who is re-elected indefinitely” – writes Manuel...