Dimensions of justice and justification in EU and transnational contexts

Ester Herlin-Karnell,Poul F Kjaer

doi:10.1080/20414005.2017.1329268

Ester Herlin-Karnell, Poul F Kjaer

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Abstract

ABSTRACTThe introduction to this special issue presents and explains the main idea behind each contribution to this collection of papers. Specifically, this special issue explores a grammar of justice and justification through political theory, legal and sociological perspectives, and discusses their relevance in EU and transnational contexts. The introduction also links the papers together and supplies some concluding thoughts.

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Both authors thank Mattias Kumm and Hilde Ottschofski for making this special WZB discussion paper issue possible. This special issue sets out to explore the force of justice and justification and their role for the development and understanding of the EU and transitional realm
Similar developments can be observed within, for example, the WTO, which has been in stalemate until recently. It is on this background, that the concepts of justice and justification have recently become important yardsticks within scholarly debates for understanding constitutionalism in the EU and other transnational context
The concepts of justice and justification remain essentially contested concepts just as the two concepts might not be equated. In spite of this or maybe exactly because of this they serve as useful starting points for raising some intriguing questions regarding the role of legitimacy in transnational contexts

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Kjaer Dimensions of Justice & Justification in EU and Transnational Contexts. Sionaidh Douglas-Scott Human Rights as a Basis for Justice in the European Union. Ester Herlin-Karnell Justice and Justification in Europe’s “Area of Freedom, Security and Justice”. Lyn K.L. Tjon Soei-Len The Moral Limits of EU Internal Market Exchange Equal Respect and Capabilities. Sivan Shlomo-Agon Noncompliance, Renegotiation, and Justice in International Adjudication: A WTO-EU Perspective.

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