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Martha Nussbaum's Outcome-oriented Theory of Justice. Philosophical comments

Holst, Cathrine - ARENA - 2010

critical points of the first four parts relate to European studies discussions on legitimacy in general and to RECON …

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Elements of a sociology of European integration

Trenz, Hans-Jörg - ARENA - 2008

How can sociology contribute to the understanding of the social and political transformations that are affecting contemporary Europe? The article proposes that sociological accounts of European integration should focus around the basic problem of internal differentiation and external adaptation...

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Europe in Search of its Legitimacy - Assessing Strategies of Legitimation

Eriksen, Erik Oddvar; Fossum, John Erik - ARENA - 2002

How can the EU rectify its legitimacy deficit? On the basis of three logics of political integration we identify … explicit strategies for how the legitimacy deficit of the EU can be remedied. The first strategy amounts to a scaling down of … purpose organisation. Here the EU’s own legitimacy is held to be dependent on its performance and on the legitimacy of the …

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The rights’ foundations of solidarity: Social and economic rights in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union

Menéndez, Agustín José - ARENA - 2003

‘Rights to solidarity’ is a rather new expression, recently minted in the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union. In this chapter, the term will be used to refer to social and economic rights ; the basic question that will be posed is what the Charter has to say about the...

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Democratic or jurist made law? On the claim to correctness

Eriksen, Erik Oddvar - ARENA - 2004

In democratic societies, legal procedures are to ensure legally correct and rationally acceptable decisions, i.e. decisions that can be defended both in relation to legal statutes and in relation to public criticism. But can the legal system via the discretion of the judges itself really...

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The EU and the Right to Self-Government

Eriksen, Erik Oddvar - ARENA - 2003

In this paper, the constitution making process in Europe is assessed with emphasis on incorporating the Charter of Fundamental Rights. Is the Charter a means to reduce the democratic deficit even if it does not fully comply with the notion of people-made law? The EU establishes post-national...

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Coping with Conflict at Constitutional Moments

Olsen, Johan P. - ARENA - 2002

It is a commonplace to argue that democracies require constitutional rules in order to function well; in particular, such rules facilitate conflict resolution and secure a civilized co-existence. Democratic governance signifies an ability to purposefully shape political and social life;...

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In Search of The European Public Sphere: Between Normative Overstretch and Empirical Disenchantment

Trenz, Hans-Jörg - ARENA - 2008

which should be used to assess the legitimacy of European integration. In descriptive terms, the European public sphere is …

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Change and continuity: An institutional approach to institutions of democratic government

Olsen, Johan P. - ARENA - 2008

, some future challenges are suggested. This article has later been published in European Political Science Review (2009), 1 …

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Legitimate Political Rule Without a State? An Analysis of Joseph H. H. Weiler’s Justification of the Legitimacy of the European Union Qua Non-statehood

Gaus, Daniel - ARENA - 2008

Contributions in the normative debate on the legitimacy of the EU are frequently based on two premises: The first … nation-state, but cannot justify the legitimacy of the EU. Consequently, it is claimed that “there is an urgent need to re …-set the standards by which we assess the legitimacy of European integration and of the institutions which guide the process …

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