http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20171124-095516 https://verfassungsblog.de/a-constituent-assembly-only-in-name-part-i-on-venezuelas-constituent-assembly/ A Constituent Assembly Only in Name? Part I on Venezuela’s Constituent Assembly Jung, Laura eng 2017-11-23 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Constitutional Assembly Pouvoir Constituant Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 In July 2017, Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro convened a constituent assembly. In other words, an authoritarian president under pressure relies on what some theorists have referred to as the origin of all democratic rule. This raises one central question: Is this assembly really a constituent assembly, or is it one in name only?