Initiative and Referendum: An alternative way to legislate!

This research shows how to organize an alternative way to legislate, bypassing the usual parliamentary process, using the Californian example. There the people have retained the right to participate in the exercise of the legislative power. California has nearly 40 million inhabitants. The large number of voters living there has not been an obstacle to the exercise of direct democracy through the initiative and referendum, demonstrating thereby that the use of the initiative and referendum is clearly not limited to small communities, as some opponents suggest. The Californian example, as the Swiss one, could be the source of inspiration for other countries where the people do no longer want to delegate completely the legislative process to deputies.

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Dopo aver studiato legge a Ginevra e Basilea e aver conseguito la laurea in giurisprudenza presso l'Università di Ginevra nel 1973, l'interesse per il diritto costituzionale e la democrazia diretta lo ha portato a proseguire gli studi negli Stati Uniti, dove ha conseguito il " Maestro di Giurisprudenza Comparata" presso la New York Università nel 1975. Segue una carriera di avvocato d'impresa/arbitro.