Direct democracy

A referendum, plebiscite, or ballot measure is a direct vote by the electorate (rather than their representatives) on a proposal, law, or political issue. A referendum may be either binding, resulting in the adoption of a new policy, or consultive (or advisory), functioning like a large opinion poll.

form of democracy where people decide on policy directly

thumb|An empty jury box at an American courtroom in Pershing County, Nevada

nonviolent resistance campaign to boycott Russian commerce

democratic regime in 5th- and 4th-century-BCE Athens

type of governing assembly

election in which people vote directly for the person that they want elected to a political position

means by which a petition signed by a certain minimum number of registered voters can force a public vote

form of democracy focusing on consensus

In governance, sortition is the selection of public officials or jurors at random, i.e., by lottery, in order to obtain a representative sample.

one of the major innovations of the Treaty of Lisbon

type of jury empowered by law to conduct legal proceedings, investigate potential criminal conduct, and determine whether criminal charges should be brought

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399 BCE legal case against Socrates

Isonomia also isonomy (ἰσονομία "equality of political rights," from the Greek ἴσος isos, "equal," and νόμος nomos, "usage, custom, law,") is a word that means equality before the law. It was a word used by ancient Greek writers such as Herodotus and Thucydides to refer to some kind of popular government. It was subsequently eclipsed until brought back into English as isonomy ("equality of law"). Economist Friedrich Hayek attempted to popularize the term in his book The Constitution of Liberty and argued that a better understanding of isonomy, as used by the Greeks, defines the term to mean "t

LiquidFeedback is free software for political opinion formation and decision-making. The software incorporates insights from social choice theory in order to aggregate opinions more effectively.

body formed from the citizens of a state to deliberate on an issue or issues of national importance

Ukrainian civic campaign

notion of direct democracy

political party in Greece

form of direct democracy for cities or towns

form of voting whereby some may delegate their voting power to others to vote in their absence

regime of local government in Spain

Argentine activist and technical project leader

referendum to repeal a new or existing law

The dikastērion (, translit. dikastērion; pl. dikastēria) was the system of popular jury courts in Classical Athens during the 5th and 4th centuries BCE. Alongside the Assembly (ekklesia) and the Council of 500 (boule), it formed one of the three central pillars of Athenian democracy. The dikastēria heard the vast majority of private suits (dikai) and public prosecutions (graphai)—excluding homicide. The term Heliaia, properly the name of the largest court venue (whose location remains unknown), came to be used by some ancient sources as a synonym for the system as a whole. Modern English-lang