This contribution explores how much state is necessary to make societal constitutionalism work. I first ask why the idea of a global societal constitutionalism ‘beyond the state-and-politics’ might be viewed as a significant and controversial, but nonetheless justified innovation. In the second part I discuss what Teubner calls ‘the inclusionary effects of fundamental rights’. I argue that Teubner underplays the mediating role of the state in guaranteeing inclusion or access, and in a way presupposes well-functioning states in the background. In areas of limited statehood there is a problem of enforcing fundamental rights law. It is an open question whether, and under which conditions, constitutional norms within particular global social spheres can provide enough counter-weight when state constitutional norms are lacking. |
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Journal | Netherlands Journal of Legal Philosophy, Issue 3 2011 |
Keywords | societal constitutionalism, Gunther Teubner, system theory, fundamental rights |
Authors | Gert Verschraegen |
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Journal | Netherlands Journal of Legal Philosophy, Issue 3 2011 |
Keywords | fundamental rights, societal constitutionalism, inclusionary and exclusionary effects, anonymous matrix |
Authors | Gunther Teubner |
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Violations of human rights by transnational corporations and by other ‘private’ global actors raise problems that signal the limits of the traditional doctrine of ‘horizontal effects’. To overcome them, constitutional law doctrine needs to be complemented by perspectives from legal theory and sociology of law. This allows new answers to the following questions: What is the validity basis of human rights in transnational ‘private’ regimes – extraterritorial effect, colère public or external pressures on autonomous law making in global regimes? Do they result in protective duties of the states or in direct human rights obligations of private transnational actors? What does it mean to generalise state-directed human rights and to respecify them for different social spheres? Are societal human rights limited to ‘negative’ rights or is institutional imagination capable of developing ‘positive’ rights – rights of inclusion and participation in various social fields? Are societal human rights directed exclusively against corporate actors or can they be extended to counteract structural violence of anonymous social processes? Can such broadened perspectives of human rights be re-translated into the practice of public interest litigation? |
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ZURIS V NOVA FREEDONIA |
Journal | International Institute of Space Law, Issue 11 2011 |
Authors | Dr. Martha Mejía-Kaiser |
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INTERNATIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF NATIONAL SPACE LEGISLATION |
Journal | International Institute of Space Law, Issue 10 2011 |
Authors | Jonathan F. Galloway |
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THE FRENCH OPERATIONS ACT. ONE YEAR OF IMPLEMENTATION |
Journal | International Institute of Space Law, Issue 10 2011 |
Authors | Philippe Clerc |
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Waarom België een sterk Voorzitterschap neerzette: politiek pragmatisme, diplomatieke handigheid en een regering in lopende zaken |
Journal | Res Publica, Issue 3 2011 |
Authors | Peter Bursens and Steven Van Hecke |
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België en Europa: wat na het Voorzitterschap? |
Journal | Res Publica, Issue 3 2011 |
Authors | Steven Van Hecke, Steven Vanackere and Axel Buyse |
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RECENT LEGAL DEVELOPMENTS OF GNSS IN EUROPE |
Journal | International Institute of Space Law, Issue 5 2011 |
Authors | Marco Ferrazzani |
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THE EU SPACE COMPETENCE AS PER THE TREATY OF LISBON: SEA CHANGE OR EMPTY SHELL? |
Journal | International Institute of Space Law, Issue 5 2011 |
Authors | Frans G. von der Dunk |
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MIND THE GAP: LEGISLATING FOR COMMERCIAL SPACE ACTIVITIES |
Journal | International Institute of Space Law, Issue 5 2011 |
Authors | Prof. Dr. Lesley Jane Smith |
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THE GALILEO PROCUREMENT FRAMEWORK |
Journal | International Institute of Space Law, Issue 5 2011 |
Authors | Lydia Boureghda |
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Journal | Netherlands Journal of Legal Philosophy, Issue 1 2011 |
Keywords | ecological catastrophe, regulatory legitimacy, regulatory effectiveness, geo-engineering |
Authors | Han Somsen |
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This article considers the question how knowledge of an impending ecological catastrophe is likely to impact on regulatory legitimacy and regulatory effectiveness. If the ultimate aim to safeguard meaningful human life on earth is in acute danger, this is likely to translate into zero tolerance towards non-compliance with environmental rules designed to avert catastrophe. This, in turn, will persuade regulators to employ normative technologies that do not engage with the moral reason of regulatees at all, but leave no option but to comply. In addition, regulators may turn to panoptic surveillance techniques that allow no breaches of rules to remain undetected. Finally, it is argued that if and to the extent that impending ecological catastrophe marks the end of maintaining the status quo as a plausible policy goal, regulators will be more sympathetic towards potentially apocalyptic technologies that carry greater promise for future gain than otherwise would be the case. |
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Journal | Netherlands Journal of Legal Philosophy, Issue 1 2011 |
Keywords | civil procedure, ideology, principles of procedural law |
Authors | Remme Verkerk |
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This contribution offers a partial explanation of the differences between procedural systems. In most jurisdictions, civil procedural regulations constitute a carefully designed system. Generally, a number of underlying principles, guidelines, theories and objectives can be identified that clarify and justify more specific rules of procedure. It will be argued that the main differences between legal systems flow from different political and theoretical views of those who determine and shape the form of the legal process. This contribution identifies the ideological influences on the rules of procedure in a number of influential jurisdictions. |
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Journal | Erasmus Law Review, Issue 2 2011 |
Authors | Daniel D. Bradlow and Megan S. Chapman |
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Journal | Erasmus Law Review, Issue 2 2011 |
Authors | Jonas Ebbesson |
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Journal | Erasmus Law Review, Issue 2 2011 |
Authors | Jeroen Temperman |
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