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Parliamentary Supremacy versus Judicial SupremacyHow can adversarial judicial, public, and political dialogue be institutionalised?

The battles between proponents and opponents of judicial supremacy have recently intensified in the US and also in Europe. I summarise the debates in political philosophy, legal theory and ... Social and Political Philosophy (Faculty of Humanities) and of Sociology (Faculty of Social Sciences) at the University from anonymous reviewers and from Leonard Besselink, Nik de Boer, Bas Schotel, Marcel

Green Transitions in a COVID Economy

legal and policy responses to Covid-19 in the United States—particularly as discourse has focused on the impacts of Covid-19 response on labor markets—may provide insight into the political economy of a ... * INTRODUCTION Environmental law is in a moment of transition, both in form and in substance. At the national level in the United States, the structural institutions and political posture in the legislative and

Fundamental Rights and the EU Internal Market: Just how Fundamental are the EU Treaty Freedoms?A Normative Enquiry Based on John Rawls’ Political Philosophy

fundamental rights. It uses the political philosophy of John Rawls to assess why we should attach priority to certain rights and which rights should therefore be considered fundamental rights. On this basis it ... important, and be very careful in allowing restrictions on fundamental rights for the purpose of protecting this market access. This article uses the political philosophy of John Rawls and his philosophical

Environmental Law for the 21st Century

liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage.”83 The philosophy of using the threat of liability to prevent damage is also specifically endorsed in the text: “The fundamental ... philosophy that everyone has the liberty to do what they will if, but only if, their actions do not harm others.81 John Stuart Mill distinguished between what he called “harms” and “mere offenses.” Not

Issues of virtual fashion influencers’ reproduced bodies: a qualitative analysis based on body discourse

theoretician in continental and feminist philosophy. She explores interdisciplinary work at the intersection of social and political theory, cultural politics, gender, feminist theory, and postcolonial studies ... ) . Further, she emphasizes difference by breaking the illusion of “One-ness”, that dominates Western history and philosophy, and insists on the principle of “not-One” (Braidotti, 2002) . Braidotti is a

The impact of moral philosophy and moral intensity on purchase behavior toward sustainable textile and apparel products

This study investigated the causal–effect relationships among moral philosophy, moral intensity, and purchase behavior toward environmentally sustainable textile and apparel products. A research

How “K-Style” has influenced the younger generation through local Vietnamese influencers

) . Since Alfred Kroeber (1940) first developed the cultural diffusion theory, research has been conducted in various fields such as anthropology, geography, and philosophy (Kaufman & Patterson, 2005 ... power: Foucault's analysis of political government beyond 'governmentality' . Theory, culture & society , 26 ( 6 ), 78 - 108 . https://doi.org/10.1177/0263276409347694. Colucci , M. , & Pedroni , M

Online Political Microtargeting: Promises and Threats for Democracy

Online political microtargeting involves monitoring people’s online behaviour, and using the collected data, sometimes enriched with other data, to show people-targeted political advertisements ... . Introduction Political campaigns are increasingly combining data-driven voter research with personalised political advertising: online political microtargeting.1 Through political microtargeting, a political

The Green Amendment: Assessing the Latest Tool in the Environmental Tool Belt

, regardless of “political, generational, moral, economic, and geographic boundaries.”48 Acknowledging the seemingly long-shot nature of getting a new green amendment passed in some states, van Rossum further ... impending environmental disaster—is perhaps too optimistic for the current political moment. A more realistic, though decidedly less inspiring, approach is to acknowledge that green amendments are another

The Constitutional Public Trust in a Warming World

And, beyond rhetoric, the constitutional version of the doctrine has been broadly applied to limit not just the state, but its political subdivisions too.29 Substantively, the doctrine has been applied ... Oceanside Partners, 140 P.3d 985, 1006 (Haw. 2006) (“We therefore hold that the County has a duty, as a political subdivision of the State, to protect the waters located adjacent to the Property.”). 30

Should Environmental Protection Be Through Anthropocentric Rights?

, 2020, seven political parties in 52. Id. at 474–75. 53. See CONSTITUIÇÃO FEDERAL [C.F.] [CONSTITUTION] pmbl. (Braz.). 54. Id. art. 225. 55. Bryner, supra note 45, at 475–76. 56. Id. at 484. 57. Eduardo ... ] [ADPF] 760, Relator: 2023] Brazil brought action against the federal government, alleging violations of their fundamental constitutional rights in PSB et al v. Brazil.62 The political parties used the

The Political Economy of Energy Taxes: An Assessment of the Opportunities and Obstacles

spur economic growth. In light of continuing political opposition and the fate of the Clinton Btu initiative, many advocates have concluded that federal and state governments will not expend the ... political capital to increase energy taxes in the near future, and that it is now time to turn our attention elsewhere. I suggest that such a retreat is premature. While interest in both federal and state

The Big Chill: Are Public Participation Rights Being Slapp-Ed?

below, that objective is not something to which filers are entitled. The reason SLAPPs are wrong is because they shift political issues to courts, chill public participation in government, and undermine ... business activity, but political activity . . . .70 The primary benefit of the application of the Noerr-Pennington doctrine in SLAPPs is that it provides an objective standard for evaluating whether a

Green Unionism and Human Rights: Imaginings Beyond the Green New Deal

)5 which provided legal protection to organizing, and supporting unionization and collective bargaining.6 However, due to political compromises, categories of workers including domestic workers and ... Perspective, 38 STAN. L. REV. 1189, 1243-53 (1986) (discussing New Deal as a series of legislation, where the “principal objective . . . was economic recovery”); see also Theda Skocpol, Political Responses to

Shifting Away From Coal Power: Prioritizing Ratepayers and Communities vs. Shareholders?

ratepayers and run counter to the philosophy underlying Ohio’s shift to a restructured electricity market, which separated regulated electricity distribution companies from non-regulated companies engaged in ... corruption of public officials to secure a bailout of its two nuclear plants, provides broader lessons on the political challenges of the transition away from uneconomic power plants. First, the FirstEnergy

What Makes It a Just Transition? A Case Study of Renewable Rikers

coal-powered industrial revolution.42 As a presidential candidate, Trump capitalized on worker insecurities from prior transitions, especially amongst coal miners.43 He offered a political vision tied to ... attempted to ameliorate the worst social and 40. WALKER C. SMITH, SABOTAGE: ITS HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY & FUNCTION 1–2 (1917). 41. Sabotage (n.), ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY, https://www.etymonline.com/word

Virtuous Cycles: The Interaction of Public and Private Environmental Governance

figures. Social science has found that those identifying as conservative are more likely to conform to authority, and on all sides of the partisan spectrum elite influence can overwhelm individual political ... environmentally friendly practices by those who would benefit from them. Without historical context, the IRA might be seen as a political fluke. Even taken with other Biden Administration actions, as discussed in

Environmental Justice for Food System Workers: Heat- Illness Prevention Standards as One Step Toward Just Transition

principles to guide policymaking?14 Is it a political and social movement (or movements)?15 Does it contribute to a theoretical framework for understanding the new age of the Human Services; the office will ... : RACE, CLASS, AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 155, 159 (3rd ed. 2000). For a discussion of the political, economic, and social forces that shaped the environmental justice movements and principles, see Purdy

(Un)Sustainable transitions towards fast and ultra-fast fashion

sets the scene as “the exogenous environment beyond the direct influence of niche and regime players (e.g. macro-economics, deep cultural patterns, macro-political developments)” (Schot & Geels, 2008, p ... focuses on the interface of sustainability, science, technology, business and policy analysis and advocacy. She is a Political Scientist by training and has received her doctoral degree from Organization

Natural Resource Systems and the Evolution of Environmental Law

possible (e.g., Federal Crop Insurance Program), private insurance has a better likelihood of success in this fractured political environment. Nevertheless, it is not without its drawbacks. Although almost ... political parties, with slim majorities for Democrats, Republicans and independents. Most Americans are on the same page about funding space exploration, too. About a third of Democrats, Republicans and