RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 Cut off the King's Head? Constitutional Democracy and the State Against Arbitrariness A1 Bello Hutt, Donald Emerson AB Constitutional democracies are increasingly perceived as limited devices. Against invitations to reducing their influence and size, these pages highlight one aspect or function that the State and constitutionalism share and which turn them into valuable instruments: avoidance of arbitrariness. I here argue that a central feature of both institutions is a commitment to making sure that citizens must lead lives that can be planned with some degree of certainty and reasonableness. PB Alma Diamond, Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna YR 2024 FD 2024-05-21 LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/83020 UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/83020 LA spa NO Athena – Critical Inquiries in Law, Philosophy and Globalization, mayo, vol. 4, n. 1, 110–135. DS UVaDOC RD 26-feb-2026