Lukas van den Berge (Utrecht University - Faculty of Law; Utrecht University) has posted The Fragility of Liberal Democratic Law: Reflections on the Work of Johan van der Walt (Netherands Journal of Legal Philosophy, Vol. 52, No. 1, 2023, pp. 3-15) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
With populism and political illiberalism on the rise, established principles of liberal democracy and the rule of law have shown to be fragile. Consequently, many scholars of legal philosophy and political theory have set out to investigate how these principles could be defended against outward threats. In his recent work, legal philosopher Johan van der Walt takes another approach, aimed at rethinking the core principles of liberal democracy and the rule of law themselves. The Netherlands Journal of Legal Philosophy has now published a special issue in which Van der Walt explains how his newly developed ‘concept of liberal democratic law’ relates to the ideas of Rawls and Habermas. His article is followed by responses from Hans Lindahl (Tilburg), Chiara Raucea (Tilburg), Irena Rosenthal (Nijmegen), Stefan Rummens (Leuven), Ronald Tinnevelt (Nijmegen), Manon Westphal (Münster) and Nikolas Vagdoutis (Luxembourg). The present paper introduces the reader to the special issue and provides some reflections on Van der Walt’s recent work on liberal democracy and the rule of law.
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