Constitutionalism and democracy

What's the point of forbidding the people to want what they want? This is the question, according to D. Rousseau, is the question posed by constitutionalism, the doctrine that thinks of democracy in terms of the constitution. And yet, it is in crisis because it is seen as weighing on the institutions born of the popular vote. What needs to be stressed is that the constitution as a guarantee of fundamental rights produces a certain type of democracy, characterized by three elements. Firstly, the gap between two areas of normative will: the laws passed by representatives and the rights of those represented. Second, the promotion of deliberation as the competitive regime of the general will. Finally, the advent of the society of individuals as the object of the constitution.