The Notion of Consensus as a Route to Democratic Adjudication?
The Notion of Consensus as a Route to Democratic Adjudication?
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共识的概念作为民主裁决的途径？
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2012
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B. Petkova
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作者：
B. Petkova
摘要 基于民主宪政理论，我评估了欧盟法院（CJEU）、欧洲人权法院（ECtHR）和欧洲国家宪法法院所形成的宪法空间的政治含义。民主宪政有助于确立宪法法院在促进一定程度共识方面的作用，这对于美国和欧盟等异质共同体的治理是必要的。司法机构的合法性和信心问题凸显出来。我研究了美国最高法院、欧盟法院和欧洲人权法院等用来促进民主宪政的机制：为了应对司法合法性的挑战并保持对司法外环境的响应，这些法院依赖多数主义趋势或共识，其灵感来自但不限于联邦州和成员国的宪法。
Abstract Building on the theory of democratic constitutionalism, I assess the political implications of the constitutional space formed by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and national constitutional courts in Europe. Democratic constitutionalism helps situate the role of constitutional courts in stimulating a degree of consensus, necessary for governance of heterogeneous communities such as the United States and the European Union. Questions of legitimacy and confidence in the judiciary come to the fore. I examine a mechanism used by the US Supreme Court, the CJEU and the ECtHR alike to foster democratic constitutionalism: in order to confront challenges to judicial legitimacy and remain responsive to the extra-judicial environment, these courts rely on majoritarian trends, or consensus, inspired by, but not limited to, the constitutional law of federal states and member countries.