-standing fears about an absence of democratic legitimacy. In particular, the paper reflects on the democratic credentials of the EU …

and function of justice-oriented reasoning in the EU legal discourse by deconstructing it from a perspective of legitimacy … justice (AFSJ). I argue that, despite the complicated relationship between the notions of justice and legitimacy, this linkage …. In examining these questions I start by investigating the justice and legitimacy symbiosis in the framework of the …

Legitimacy is regarded as one critical aspect of biodiversity management and nature conservation arrangements. Multi …-level governance is claimed to pose several challenges to legitimacy. The aim of this paper is to review some legitimacy challenges in … these challenges. Four legitimacy criteria - legal compatibility, accountability, representation and inclusion, and …

democratic legitimacy on the national and the European level. Assuming that complete integration in a democratic federal state is …

majority rule at the European level. In order to ensure democratic legitimacy, however, majoritarian legislation would have to …