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Title:Public Epistemic Authority
Normative Institutional Design for EU Law
Person: Laux, Johann Moritz
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Main Author: Laux, Johann Moritz (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Tübingen Mohr Siebeck 2022
Edition:1. Aufl.
Series:Grundlagen der Rechtswissenschaft
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1628/978-3-16-160257-3
Summary:Every court claims authority. Normative scholars assess the legitimacy of those claims. Public Epistemic Authority provides a new perspective on this task by drawing on mechanisms of collective intelligence and comparing courts reliability as decision-makers to that of other branches of government.
Jedes Gericht beansprucht Autorität. Normwissenschaftler beurteilen die Legitimität dieser Ansprüche. Johann Moritz Laux betrachtet diese Aufgabe von einem neuen Blickwinkel, indem er auf Mechanismen der kollektiven Intelligenz zurückgreift und die Verlässlichkeit der Gerichte als Entscheidungsträger mit der anderer Regierungszweige vergleicht.
Inter- and supranational courts derive their legitimacy partly from an institutional comparison: judges legal expertise and the quality of judicial procedures justify a courts claim to authority towards other branches of government and other courts with overlapping jurisdiction. To provide a benchmark for assessing judicial outcomes that is compatible with democratic commitments, Johann Laux suggests a new normative category, Public Epistemic Authority (PEA). It builds on the mechanisms behind theories of collective intelligence and empirical research on judicial decision-making. PEA tracks judges collective ability to reliably identify breaches of law. It focuses on cognitive tasks in adjudication. The author applies PEA to the Court of Justice of the European Union and offers suggestions for improving its institutional design.
Item Description:PublicationDate: 20220630
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (XVII, 466 Seiten)
ISBN:9783161602573