European legislators may ban plant-based products from using the name to prevent ‘confusion’. Just don’t mention beef tomatoes or buffalo wings, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Raffael N Fasel (University of Cambridge - Faculty of Law) has posted A Theory of Limited Constituent Power on SSRN. Here is the abstract: A growing chorus of scholars argues that the concept of constituent power has overstayed its welcome and should be abandoned. This article shows that such calls are premature. The grievances voiced by the sceptics are real: the concept of constituent power is susceptible to abuse in practice; its traditionally national focus is ill-suited to a globalised world; and it can serve to romanticise the origins of elite-created constitutions.