Beschreibung
The book discusses a democratic legitimation for modern law. Debates on Europeanisation are taken into account. Ronald Dworkin’s, Neil MacCormick’s and Jürgen Habermas’s standpoints on relations between the law and the public sphere are investigated. Concepts of self-reflexive polity, self-constitutionalisation, constitutional patriotism are analysed.
Autorenportrait
Karolina M. Cern, PhD, Chair of Ethics at the Department of Philosophy, Adam Mickiewicz University (Poland); author of
(2007), co-author of
(2008, repr.2011); co-editor of eight volumes and author of numerous articles in practical philosophy.
Inhalt
Contents: Democratic legitimation – Processes of Europeanisation – CJEU – Self-reflexive polity – Self-constitutionalisation – Constitutional patriotism – Public sphere – Normativity, values and norms – Ronald Dworkin – Neil MacCormick – Jürgen Habermas – Contractarianism – Counterfactual yardstick – Political morality – Deontology.
