Follesdal, Andreas: Von der Leyen’s reforms: A cure or catnip for populism?. In: EUobserver, no. August 2, 2024. (Type: Journal Article | Abstract | Links | Tags: Debate, Democratic theory, EU – European Union, Populism, Public policy)@article{RN56087, The protection of Europe’s democracy tops European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen’s to-do list. She promised the European Parliament to enhance democratic legitimacy and proposed policies and even treaty changes. What are we to make of these promises? Promises are risky, especially since an overeager EU may fuel the growth of authoritarian populism. And the Commission cannot promise to reduce its own democratic deficit. … |
Follesdal, Andreas: Comments on “Defending Democracy in Europe”. 2024, (Seminar on “Defending Democracy in Europe”, Report by European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies/Barbara Prainsack , Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin). (Type: Miscellaneous | Links | Tags: Debate, Democratic theory, EU – European Union, Public policy)@misc{RN56035, |
Føllesdal, Andreas: Kommentar til Forsknings- og høyere utdanningsminister Sandra Borch på kontaktkonferansen. 2024. (Type: Miscellaneous | Abstract | Links | Tags: Debate, Public policy)@misc{RN55569, Det offentlige og private Norge har problemer med å skaffe nok lærere, helsearbeidere og ingeniører, og konkurransen om arbeidskraften vil bli større framover sier Forsknings- og høyere utdanningsminister Sandra Borch på kontaktkonferansen i dag. Det ikke først og fremst universitetene og høgskolene som ikke oppfyller samfunnsoppdraget sitt, men politikerne. |
Follesdal, Andreas; Katsoni, Spyridoula: Chatting with Andreas Føllesdal. 2023. (Type: Miscellaneous | Abstract | Links | Tags: Debate)@misc{RN55190, May I first ask what it was that brought you to academia and what made you stay?.. If you were not an academic, what would you be?.. Is there an academic that you think deserves more attention than they receive?.. |
Follesdal, Andreas: Add international courts to The Idea of Human Rights and stir … on Beitz’ The Idea of Human Rights after 10 years. In: Álvarez, David; Rosas, João Cardoso (Ed.): The Idea of Human Rights Revisited: Charles Beitz and the Political Turn in the Philosophy of Human Rights, Routledge, 2023. (Type: Book Chapter | Abstract | Links | Tags: Human Rights, International courts, Publications)@inbook{RN52229, These reflections elaborates the theory of The Idea of Human Rights by addressing a topic that theory attempts to bracket: international and regional judicialization in the form of international courts and tribunals. Using the method of reflective equilibrium, the article argues that this exclusion is inconsistent. Including these international courts and tribunals (‘ICs’) prompts several changes to the original theory, and opens new research questions. The original theory is on the one hand too narrow regarding both the objectives and tools of international mechanisms of corrective concern. The account should consider further subsidiary modes of support. On the other hand the theory is too broad, in that it gives insufficient guidance to the judges of ICs and others able to effect changes. This leaves the theory incomplete, and open to similar criticism as the book raised against others. Accounts of the theory presented in The Idea of Human Rights,and of ICs and their roles regarding human rights allow us to explore some implications of ICs for The Idea of Human Rights.We then consider how if at all The Idea of Human Rights can guide international judges. |
Follesdal, Andreas: In defense of deference: International human rights as standards of review. In: Journal of Social Philosophy, vol. 54, no. 4, pp. 526-547, 2023. (Type: Journal Article | Abstract | Links | Tags: European Consensus, European Court of Human Rights, Human Rights, Margin of Appreciation, Publications)@article{RN52180, Member states of the Council of Europe subject themselves to judicial human rights review by the European Court of Human Rights. That Court in turn defers sometimes to the judgments of domestic courts about compliance, granting them a margin of discretion, more so when it sees a European consensus. This complex practice can be justified based on arguments about comparative epistemic expertise, respect for democratic decision making, and the need to avoid undue judicial discretion – juristocracy. While this account supports the general practice, it points to certain weaknesses and areas of improvement: the rules to nominate and elect judges and members of the Registry of the Court, the doctrine of the margin of appreciation, and the rationales for a European consensus. |
Føllesdal, Andreas: Netto livslønn, ikke brutto årslønn. In: Forskerforum, 2023. (Type: Journal Article | Abstract | Links | Tags: Debate, Research policy)@article{RN55415, En rettferdig lønnsfordeling bør ikke ta utgangspunkt i brutto årslønn, men netto livslønn, skriver Andreas Føllesdal, og spør samtidig om NTL verdsetter utdanning og kompetanse nok i lønnsoppgjørene. |
Follesdal, Andreas; Palacio, Rita: Philosophically Legal: A conversation with Andreas Føllesdal [Interview]. In: Harvard Undergraduate Law Review, no. Fall, 2023. (Type: Journal Article | Abstract | Links | Tags: Debate, interview)@article{RN55485, Føllesdal and HULR discussed how part of the solution for many contemporary problems lies in weaving through philosophy and law, and learning from other models of government and ways of thinking… |
Føllesdal, Andreas: – Sannhetskriteriet var styrende for oss (intervju). In: Forskningsetikk, 2023. (Type: Journal Article | Links | Tags: Debate, interview, Research policy)@article{RN55223, |
Føllesdal, Andreas: Det er mange alternativer til å kalle noen for dårlige forskere og idioter. (intervju). In: Khrono, 2023. (Type: Journal Article | Links | Tags: Debate, interview, Research policy)@article{RN55246, |
Follesdal, Andreas: A just yet unequal European Union: A defense of moderate economic inequality. In: Review of Social Economy, vol. 81, no. 1, pp. 8-36, 2023. (Type: Journal Article | Abstract | Links | Tags: EU – European Union, Federalism, John Rawls, Publications)@article{RN52113, What does justice require concerning socio-economic distribution among citizens of the European Union? The EU should reduce cross-national economic inequalities among inhabitants of different member states, but full economic distributive equality or a European ‘Difference Principle,’ may not be required. Individuals’ claim to more political influence over matters controlled by their own state in the quasi-federal EU may permit some economic inequality. Section 1 orients this contribution relative to arguments for a European universal income. Section 2 provides relevant features of the EU. Section 3 considers contractualist arguments against certain forms of economic inequality, while section 4 identifies a further argument in favour of equal shares of benefits of social cooperation, based on an interpretation of ‘social primary goods’ consistent with Rawls’ theory. Section 5 argues that these reasons for economic distributive equality must be weighed against more political influence over matters controlled by the individual’s sub-unit. |
Follesdal, Andreas; Ruud, Morten; Kjeldgaard-Pedersen, Astrid: Situated and Universal: Special Issue in Honor of Geir Ulfstein. Nordic Journal of International Law, 2022. (Type: Book | Tags: Publications, Special issues)@book{RN52681, |
Follesdal, Andreas; Ruud, Morten; Kjeldgaard-Pedersen, Astrid: Introduction to Special Issue in Honor of Geir Ulfstein. In: Nordic Journal of International Law, vol. 91, no. 4, pp. 541-543, 2022. (Type: Journal Article | Links | Tags: )@article{RN55201, |
Follesdal, Andreas: The Significance of State Consent for the Legitimate Authority of Customary International Law. In: Merkouris, Panos; Kammerhofer, Jörg; Arajärvi, Noora (Ed.): The Theory, Practice and Interpretation of Customary International Law, pp. 105-136, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2022. (Type: Book Chapter | Links | Tags: International law, Publications)@inbook{RN52115, |
Føllesdal, Andreas; Janmyr, Maja: Dagens flyktningsituasjon: hva kan vi lære av Nansen?. In: Uniforum, 2022. (Type: Journal Article | Abstract | Links | Tags: Debate)@article{RN52662, EU’s midlertidige direktiv gjentar Nansenpassets løsning: fri flyt av flyktninger letter presset på nabolandene til Ukraina, og fordeler ansvaret mellom EU-landene… |
Føllesdal, Andreas: Humaniora som risikosport. In: Khrono.no, 2022. (Type: Journal Article | Abstract | Links | Tags: Debate)@article{RN52309, Forskningsrådets rutiner for å vurdere søknader er for ineffektiv og uegnet til å identifisere god kvalitet, særlig i humaniora. … Det er betenkelig av flere grunner at rekrutteringen av yngre forskere til fag også avhenger av slike usikre finansieringskilder. Institusjonenes strategier bør være mer gjennomtenkte, langsiktige og robuste. Ikke minst fordi mange dyktige yngre vil og bør betakke seg for en så uforutsigbar levevei avhengig av mye midlertidig prosjektfinansiering. Glup ungdom kan finne mange andre mer givende former for risikosport. |
Føllesdal, Andreas: Grunnforskning kan ikke settes på vent. In: Aftenposten, 2022. (Type: Journal Article | Abstract | Links | Tags: Debate)@article{RN52459, https://www.aftenposten.no/meninger/debatt/i/Pobepp/grunnforskning-kan-ikke-settes-paa-vent |
Follesdal, Andreas: Federalism. In: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, no. 2022, 2022. (Type: Journal Article | Links | Tags: Federalism, Publications)@article{RN32630, |
Follesdal, Andreas: Add international courts to The Idea of Human Rights and stir … on Beitz’ The Idea of Human Rights after 10 years. In: Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 66-86, 2022. (Type: Journal Article | Abstract | Links | Tags: Human Rights, International courts, Publications)@article{RN51709, These reflections elaborates the theory of The Idea of Human Rights by addressing a topic that theory attempts to bracket: international and regional judicialization in the form of international courts and tribunals. Using the method of reflective equilibrium, the article argues that this exclusion is inconsistent. Including these international courts and tribunals (‘ICs’) prompts several changes to the original theory, and opens new research questions. The original theory is on the one hand too narrow regarding both the objectives and tools of international mechanisms of corrective concern. Reprinted 2023 in David Álvarez and João Cardoso Rosas (eds) The Idea of Human Rights Revisited: Charles Beitz and the Political Turn in the Philosophy of Human Rights, Routledge |
Føllesdal, Andreas; Lindberg, Maren Falch; Neupane, Sudan Prasad; Østbakken, Kjersti Misje; Harstad, Stine; Shah, Feroz Mehmood; Holme, Nathalie; Hagtvet, Bernt; Næss, Petter: Fulbrightprogrammet fyller 75 år. In: Khrono, 2021. (Type: Journal Article | Abstract | Links | Tags: Debate)@article{RN52114, 1.august 2021 var det 75 år siden USAs president Harry Truman, med opphavsmann Senator J. William Fulbright og viseutenriksminister William Benton ved sin side, signerte lovforslaget som etablerte Fulbrightprogrammet, stipendordningen som i årenes løp har støttet utveksling av nærmere 400,000 studenter, forskere, akademikere, pedagoger og kunstnere mellom USA og 160 andre land….Vi og mange med oss deler Fulbrights store visjon for programmet – «to turn nations into people» – og hans overbevisning om at medmenneskelighet og empati ikke kan være et nasjonalt anliggende, men må begynne hos den enkelte…Å reise til et annet land som student eller forsker er et privilegium som ikke alle er forunt, men med Utøya i frisk minne, og med demokratiske verdier på vikende front i flere land, finner vi det betimelig er å trekke frem og minne om nettopp denne enkle sivilasjonsbyggende erkjennelse ved Fulbrightprogrammet; at anstendighet og medmenneskelighet begynner hos den enkelte. |
Føllesdal, Andreas: Vinnarane av UiOs forskningspris 2021. In: Uniforum, 2021. (Type: Journal Article | Abstract | Links | Tags: Debate)@article{RN52122, “– Det som er morosamt her, er at me forskar tverrfagleg. Det statsvitarane synest er interessant, det kan vera noko heilt anna enn det juristane eller filosofane synest er interessant. Det seier filosofiprofessor Andreas Føllesdal som saman med jussprofessor Geir Ulfstein er tildelt UiOs forskingspris for 2021….” |
Føllesdal, Andreas: UiOs nydesigna nettsider skaper sterke kjensler blant tilsette. In: Uniforum, 2021. (Type: Journal Article | Abstract | Links | Tags: Debate)@article{RN51869, “…. Det lille jeg hadde av optimisme jeg ga uttrykk for 20. januar var overilet. Det er gledelig at vi omsider slipper sort-hvitt-preget, og får bruke en hamburgermeny: det tok mer enn fire år. Men viktige behov for våre målgrupper forblir udekket. Og det nye regimet har nye problemer. Den store skriftstørrelsen gir websidene på store skjermer et barnebokpreg, krever mer scrolling, og hemmer informasjonsflyten. Dessverre sitter vi brukere uten voice og uten exitmuligheter” |
Føllesdal, Andreas: Om Universitetet i Oslos forskningspris 2021. In: 2021. (Type: Journal Article | Links | Tags: Debate)@article{RN52142, |
Føllesdal, Andreas: Om Forskningsrådets skrøpelige søknadsregime: Symptomer, diagnoser og resepter. In: Khrono, 2021. (Type: Journal Article | Abstract | Links | Tags: Debate)@article{RN51799, Khrono har en interessant rekke gode bidrag om problemene med Forskningsrådets søknadsmekanismer, og om mål og strategier for å forbedre dem. Her er ytterlige refleksjoner om symptomer, diagnose og noen resepter… Noen utlysninger Forskningsrådet tilbyr er lotterier som er for irrasjonelle til at fornuftige og dyktige forskere bør kjøpe lodd. Forskningsrådets rutiner skaper negative kvalitetsspiraler. Og Forskningsrådets monopoltendenser hindrer fullstendige analyser og snarlige løsninger. |
Føllesdal, Andreas: Også dyr har krav på rettferdighet. In: Aftenposten, 2021. (Type: Journal Article | Abstract | Links | Tags: Debate)@article{RN51949, Filosofen Martha C. Nussbaum mottar Holbergprisen 9. juni. For Martha Nussbaum gjelder rettferdighet ikke bare mennesker imellom, men også dyr. Hun setter ikke følelser og fornuft opp mot hverandre. Ofte er følelser fornuftige. Et gjennomgangstema hos henne er at et rettferdig styresett for et samfunn og for kloden må beskytte oss alle der vi er sårbare. Slik rettferdighet kan ikke stoppe ved landegrensene. For Nussbaum gjelder rettferdighet ikke bare mennesker imellom, men også dyr… Men ureflektert medfølelse er ikke nok, for den kan diskriminere og være nærsynt. Derfor er humaniora et viktig grunnlag for demokratiet… |
Føllesdal, Andreas: Advarer kolleger mot å bruke UiOs web. In: Uniforum, 2021. (Type: Journal Article | Abstract | Links | Tags: Debate)@article{RN51762, … Da PluriCourts-senteret ble opprettet, fikk Føllesdal beskjed fra universitetet om at en nettside utenfor UiOs eget domene var uaktuelt, blant annet for å sikre at innholdet ikke forsvant. Nå kan verdifulle dokumenter bli slettet av universitetet selv, noe han omtaler som «paradoksalt». – Vi har ikke lov til å holde på utenfor UiO sine websider, og det har vært påfallende dårlig prosess for å få respons fra de ansvarlige på web inntil ganske nylig, sier jussprofessoren. Nå øyner han imidlertid håp…. |
Follesdal, Andreas; Ratner, Steven: A Moral Defense of Robust International Law: Introducing the Review Symposium on Carmen Pavel’s Law Beyond the State. 2021. (Type: Miscellaneous | Links | Tags: Debate)@misc{RN52202, |
Hessler, Kristen; Follesdal, Andreas: Gender imbalance on the international bench: is normative legitimacy at stake?. In: Journal of Social Philosophy, vol. 52, no. 4, pp. 430-435, 2021. (Type: Journal Article | Abstract | Links | Tags: Gender, Human Rights, International courts, Publications)@article{RN52225, As norms of state sovereignty have evolved in an increasingly globalized world, international courts and tribunals have proliferated and expanded the scope of their authority. Some observers hail these developments as moral progress, representing the ascendancy of the rule of law rather than power politics in international relations. At the same time, the growing number of ICs, and their expanded scope and power, have triggered extensive critiques and political resistance against them. ..However, ICs have received increasing criticism regarding issues of representation among judges….Some recent developments on this issue are hopeful. ..However, a broader perspective reveals that these developments indicate only marginal progress. As of March, 2021 women constitute only 24% of sitting judges on international tribunals, 22% of judges on human rights tribunals, and only 13% of regional court judges…. |
Gebrewahd, Meressa Tsehaye; Rowe, Colin; Schutter, Helder; Follesdal, Andreas: Mediating unity and diversity through Federalism in Ethiopia. Special Issue. International Journal on Minority and Group Rights, 2021. (Type: Book | Links | Tags: Federalism, Publications, Special issues)@book{RN51662, |
Follesdal, Andreas; Ratner, Steven: Introducing David Lefkowitz’s Philosophy and International Law. In: EJIL:Talk – Blog of the European Journal of International Law, 2021. (Type: Journal Article | Links | Tags: )@article{RN52201, |
Follesdal, Andreas: Stability and trust in federations with ethnic territories and a secession clause – challenges and opportunities for Ethiopia. In: International Journal on Minority and Group Rights, 2021. (Type: Journal Article | Abstract | Links | Tags: Federalism, Publications)@article{RN51659, How might Ethiopia maintain its federal structure within present territorial borders? Most federal states experience ‘constitutional contestation’ navigating between complete centralization and secession. We should expect further such instability in Ethiopia especially due to two factors: regions and political parties follow ethnic line; and a secession clause in the Ethiopian Constitution. The article identifies some suggestions for how to increase stability and trust under such circumstances, drawn from tentative international comparisons among ethnic-based federal states. Among the particular concerns are the interests of oppressed minorities and ways to quell calls for secession. … |
Follesdal, Andreas: Pure Public Goods and Beyond: How Legitimate International Courts Can Help Secure Global Public Goods Worth Having. In: Zyberi, Gentian (Ed.): Protecting Community Interests through International Law, pp. 59-98, Intersentia, Cambridge, 2021. (Type: Book Chapter | Abstract | Links | Tags: Climate, International courts, Publications)@inbook{RN51888, A frequent legitimacy challenge against international law and international courts is that they are too weak to prevent ‘free riders’ among states to help secure ‘Global Public Goods (GPG), such as resolving the climate crisis. This description, diagnosis, and prescription for how international law and ICs can and should enable GPG is unfortunate. The assumptions are too narrow, and distract our attention from other valuable contributions made by ICs—in terms of GPGs and beyond—and from other important challenges that ICs face. The shallow focus stifles our assessment of when international law and ICs may be legitimate authorities in general, and in relation to GPGs in particular. In fact, ICs’ legitimacy does not depend on their ability to trigger sanctions against states; they serve several valuable functions for many objectives other than GPGs, including monitoring and providing information about other states’ actions and preferences… |
Follesdal, Andreas: International human rights courts and the (international) rule of law: Part of the solution, part of the problem, or both?. In: Global Constitutionalism, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 118-138, 2021. (Type: Journal Article | Abstract | Links | Tags: European Court of Human Rights, Human Rights, International courts, Publications)@article{RN50110, The present article seeks to shed some light on the central relationships between international rule of law norms and international human rights courts, whilst identifying some of the central normative concerns. The aim is partly theoretical, to lay out aspects of how to ‘extend’ or ‘extrapolate’ normative standards such as the rule of law from the domestic setting to international law and organizations; and to explore some modes of interaction between rule of law standards and international courts. The article also draws together relevant empirical findings to shed light on how some of these courts actually work to challenge and bolster rule of law standards. Section 1 sketches one way to ‘transpose’ domestic rule of law norms to international law and institutions – in particular, international human rights courts (IHRCs). We then move to consider two relationships between such standards and IHRCs – in particular, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). Section 2 considers whether IHRCs themselves live up to such standards, in particular as regard selection of judges to secure both independence and accountability. Do IHRCs promote the rule of law among states as judicial organs in multilevel structures, or are they instruments of domination by strong states? I also consider other forms of bias important for ICs, in particular professional bias of the judges. Section 3 explores whether and how IHRCs may promote the rule of law within states: how they may help reduce domination, without themselves becoming new sources of unchecked discretion. The answers hold at best for the ECtHR, but may vary among IHRCs and among the states over which they have jurisdiction. |
Follesdal, Andreas: How many women judges are enough on international courts?. In: Journal of Social Philosophy, vol. 52, no. 4, pp. 436-458, 2021. (Type: Journal Article | Abstract | Links | Tags: Gender, International courts, Publications)@article{RN51724, NOTE: There are errors in the published text, see below for errata. A legitimate international court need not secure numerical sex equality on the bench – complete parity. The article argues that a commitment that institutions should treat all with equal concern requires not only token representation of both prevalent sexes, or a ‘critical mass’ of 15 -25%, but a ‘parity zone’ of 40% of each. Arguments of compassion , epistemic competence; and expressions of status equality favour a high threshold of both the prevalent sexes, and further requirements to ensure a broad range of backgrounds and perspectives among the international judges . The aim is to explore what these arguments require regarding the proportion of men and women on the international bench. The strongest of these arguments withstand criticisms that they ‘essentialize’ gender, or assume that elitist female international judges can represent all other women, or lead to a slippery slope where ICs must also ‘mirror’ a myriad of characteristics of the affected populations and constituencies . The many reasons to lament various unjust forms and levels of inequalities counsel different, only partly overlapping objectives. The composition and workings of ICs must satisfy the norms of impartiality independence and procedural fairness, especially because the ICs are tasked to uphold these very norms. The arguments support a parity zone, and several of the arguments entail that more judges – regardless of their own sex and gender – should be ‘gender sensitive,’ and that there should be further requirements to ensure more diversity of perspectives among the international judges. But there are no strong arguments for complete equal proportions of men and women – ‘sex parity’ – on the international bench. – ERRATA: The sentence which reads “The majority of its judges were female— six of 11, and the first among international courts and tribunals (ICs) to secure sex parity— that is, numerical equality.:” should be replaced by “It was only the second international court or tribunal (IC) where the majority of its judges are female— six of 11, and the first among ICs to secure sex parity— that is, numerical equality.” Footnote 1 should be expanded, to read ” —for institutions that standardly have an odd number of members. Six women and five men, http://www.african court.org/en/index.php/news/press-releases/item/245-three-new-judges-elected-to-the-african-court-on-human -and-peoples-rights-vp-justice-ben-kioko-re-elected-for-second-term <http://court.org/en/index.php/news/press-releases/item/245-three-new-judges-elected-to-the-african-court-on-human-and-peoples-rights-vp-justice-ben-kioko-re-elected-for-second-term> . While this court is the first to secure parity, it is the second to have a majority of women: in 2010, the International Criminal Court in 2010 included a majority of 11 women (out of 18 judges) (Chappell 2010). In 2021, the ICC has equal representation of male and female judges (https://www.icc-cpi.int/Publications/JudgesENG.pdf)”
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Føllesdal, Andreas: Sivil ulydighet – en form for nødbrems. 2020. (Type: Miscellaneous | Abstract | Links | Tags: Debate)@misc{RN51669, Filosof og professor Andreas Føllesdal ved Universitetet i Oslo sier at det er lang tradisjon for sivil ulydighet. Han viser blant annet til protestene mot Alta-vannkraftverket på 70-tallet, og sier at det offentlige noen ganger bommer. – Da kan sivil ulydighet være en form for nødbrems, hvor man tyr til ulovlige, men ikkevoldelige midler. Da kan man vise at man respekterer rettsstaten, men at man mener at noe er galt med den, sier Føllesdal til E24. Det betyr ikke nødvendigvis at de som protesterer alltid har rett, og det er heller ikke sikkert at engasjementet mot vindkraft vil vedvare over tid. Men noen ganger kan det være behov for systemendringer hvis folk føler at de ikke blir tatt hensyn til i høringsprosessene, påpeker han. – Hvis folk får inntrykk av at alt er forhåndsbestemt, og at det bare skal protokollføres at alle parter har blitt hørt, så kan det skape engasjement, sier Føllesdal. – Vil du si at en slik bevegelse er positivt for demokratiet? – Denne typen reaksjoner tror jeg er gunstige for demokratiet på lang sikt. I alle fall så vidt de skjer innenfor en ikkevoldelig ramme, sier Føllesdal. – Det er en sak som krever at vi tenker gjennom hvilke rammer og prosesser vi skal ha for at flertallsdemokratiet skal være verdt vår respekt. Sånn sett kan dette være lærerikt, sier professoren. |
and, Andreas Føllesdal: Kommentarer til evalueringen av ordningen med sentre for fremragende forskning/Comments on the evaluation of the Centres of Excellence scheme. 2020. (Type: Miscellaneous | Abstract | Links | Tags: Debate)@misc{RN51635, Flere av lederne av eksisterende og tidligere SFFer er takknemlige for evalueringskomiteens omfattende og grundige arbeid. Vi støtter fullt ut dens analyser og anbefalinger. I det følgende fremhever og kommenterer vi noen av observasjonene og anbefalingene i rapporten. – Vurderingskriterier: fokus på vitenskapelig effekt – Å drive sentrene: fremme læring av god praksis blant vertsinstitusjonene – Midtveisevaluering: tidspunkt, kriterier og konsekvenser – Innfasing etter SFFen: vertens forpliktelser – Vi understreker i den sammenheng at Forskningsrådet og vertsinstitusjonene må ta tak i karriereutfordringene til forskere tidlig i karrieren. |
Føllesdal, Andreas: Uviten om åpent landskap. In: Aftenposten – ‘Kort sagt’, 2020. (Type: Journal Article | Abstract | Links | Tags: Debate)@article{RN51557, Redaktør Nina Kristiansen kritiserer forskerprotestene mot kontorlandskap for å mangle belegg. Kristiansens kritikk er uetterrettelig… Kristiansen trenger mer arbeidsro for å finne reelle eksempler på Uviten, for å lese litteratur, og for å formidle mindre tendensiøst. Jeg anbefaler et cellekontor. Artikkelen til GST er verd å lese grundig, av Statsbygg, av universitetenes eiendomsdirektører, og av Kristiansen. |
Føllesdal, Andreas: Om rektor Stølens kommentar om eiendomsavdelingen. In: Uniforum, 2020. (Type: Journal Article | Abstract | Links | Tags: Debate)@article{RN51634, Stølens kommentarer gjelder noe annet enn mitt anliggende. Mine spørsmål gjelder hvorfor ‘vår egen’ eiendomsavdeling avviste våre begrunnelser for færre ansatte i hvert kontorlandskap. ..Stølens bemerkninger gjelder bruken av åpne landskap ved universitetet i det hele tatt. Mine spørsmål om EAs rolle, selvforståelse og manglende lydhørhet for ansattes behov forblir ubesvart. |
Føllesdal, Andreas: Ingen ERC-milliarder til Norge? Før vi stiller diagnoser og lager resepter…. In: Khrono.no, vol. 1. april, 2020. (Type: Journal Article | Abstract | Links | Tags: Debate)@article{RN51578, Vi kan applaudere Stølens og Røttingens ønsker om å tenke nytt om tiltak og strategier. Men reseptene må bygge på gode diagnoser, som igjen krever etterrettelig oversikt over symptomene. Vi vet for lite om hvor dårlig det står til, og det er for lave tall til god statistisk analyse.. |
Føllesdal, Andreas: En seier for eiendomsavdelingen – og kanskje for UiO?. In: Uniforum.uio.no, 2020. (Type: Journal Article | Abstract | Links | Tags: Debate)@article{RN51630, Statsbygg tapte slaget om å forvalte eiendommene ved de fleste selvforvaltende lærestedene. Gratulerer til eiendomsavdelingene.. Seierherrene har vist at de kan – om de vil. Nå er utfordringen for EA og UiOs ledelse å gjøre virkeligheten litt mer som vyene i Multiconsult-rapporten. EA må bli mer lydhøre for ansattes behov. UiOs styre må på banen, for UiOs ledelse ser ikke ut til å forstå hva som er på spill. Det haster. |
Ulfstein, Geir; Ruud, Morten; Follesdal, Andreas: The Relationship Between the European Convention on Human Rights and Wider International Law – Special Issue. International Journal on Human Rights, 2020. (Type: Book | Abstract | Links | Tags: Human Rights, Publications, Special issues)@book{RN51661, Based on presentations at a seminar in Strasbourg 29-30 March 2017, to launch the work of the Drafting Group II of the Committee of experts on the system of the Convention (DH-SYSC-II) of the Council of Europe. The seminar was organized in cooperation between the PluriCourts Centre on the Legitimacy of the International Judiciary, at the University of Oslo, and the Council of Europe. |
Ulfstein, Geir; Ruud, Morten; Follesdal, Andreas: The European Convention on Human Rights and other parts of international law. In: International Journal on Human Rights, vol. 24, no. 7, pp. 913-16, 2020. (Type: Journal Article | Abstract | Links | Tags: European Court of Human Rights, Human Rights)@article{RN51660, The relationship between the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and other parts of international law has been the subject of increasing debate, following several recent judgments by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). Indeed, the Council of Europe Steering Committee for Human Rights (CDDH) report on The Longer-term Future of the System of the European Convention on Human Rights of 11 December 2015 identified the ‘place of the of the Convention mechanisms in the European and international legal order” as one of the four areas to be decisive for the effectiveness and viability of the Convention system. |
Follesdal, Andreas: Survey Article: The Legitimacy of International Courts. In: Journal of Political Philosophy, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 475-499, 2020. (Type: Journal Article | Abstract | Links | Tags: International courts, Publications)@article{RN51506, States are free, yet everywhere live under international courts and tribunals (ICs). As they proliferate and gain power across ever more domains, ICs become targets of resistance and criticism that they are illegitimate authorities. What reasons might a state have to defer to an IC’s judgment or interpretation, even when the state regards it as mistaken, and even when it conflicts with the interests and objectives of government? Section I sketches the multiple tasks of ICs, in complex interdependence with other actors. Their core task is to adjudicate disputes through interpretation and application of international law by legal methods. This may also contribute indirectly to a range of further tasks. Section II addresses some aspects of the relation between normative legitimacy of ICs and descriptive legitimacy – actors’ beliefs therein. Section III shows how a wide range of legitimacy challenges concern ways ICs fail to carry out their tasks. This account does not seek to provide substantive arguments or seek to show that all such criticisms are correct. The aims are rather to make many such criticisms comprehensible as legitimacy concerns, to provide a rationale for popular taxonomies of legitimacy criticisms, and to indicate which premises and arguments are required for such criticisms to be sound. |
Follesdal, Andreas: Religion and the State – the European Court of Human Rights and the ‘Lautsi’ case of the European Court of Human Rights about crucifixes in Italian class rooms. In: Ehlers, Dirk; Glaser, Henning (Ed.): State and Religion: Between Conflict and Cooperation, pp. 315 – 330, Nomos, Baden Baden, 2020. (Type: Book Chapter | Abstract | Links | Tags: European Court of Human Rights, Human Rights, Margin of Appreciation)@inbook{RN49938, The relationship between political authorities and religious communities is complex and controversial. One area where the tensions are evident is in public education. Tensions arise when the state seeks to include or exclude contested religious symbols and teachings within the public educational system.The European Court of Human Rights’ track record may seem inconsistent. It has restricted religious teaching in textbooks allowed Turkey to prohibit students from wearing religious headscarves at university , allowed Switzerland to prohibit primary school teachers from wearing headscarves , and allows Italy to require crucifixes on school walls – after first denying Italy that authority. There are several ways to try to make some sense of this cluster of decisions. The explanation which will be addressed here is the ECtHR’s practice to grant states a ‘Margin of Appreciation’ (MA). This article seeks to bring a more precise MA doctrine to bear on the Lautsi case concerning crucifixes on school walls, to assess whether the ECtHR decision and doctrine withstands criticism that it is too vague, or that it is poorly applied in this particular case. The first section presents the Lautsi case, the following sections attend to various elements of the MA doctrine of the court. We return at the end to consider whether critics of the MA doctrine are right. |
Føllesdal, Andreas: Om sivil ulydighet og vindkraftutbygging på Haramsøya. 2020. (Type: Miscellaneous | Tags: Debate)@misc{RN51631, |
Føllesdal, Andreas: Når lovbrot er politisk nødbrems. 2020. (Type: Miscellaneous | Abstract | Links | Tags: Debate)@misc{RN51690, – Sivil ulydnad skjer når elles lovlydige borgarar vel å bryte lova som nødbrems mot noko dei opplever som ein ekstremsituasjon. Da må styresmaktene og andre borgarar stoppe opp og tenke etter om dette er det rette, … |
Follesdal, Andreas: Challenges to the legitimacy of the European Union: When and how are European courts also part of the solution?. In: xx, 2019. (Type: Journal Article | Abstract | Tags: Federalism)@article{RN51449, The legitimacy deficits of the European Union has long been a rallying cry for ‘Eurosceptics’ of various kinds. Section I considers how we are to think about the ‘legitimacy challenges’ of the EU, by bringing to bear Joseph Raz’ service conception. This approach explores ways to reconceptualize and rethink the notion of legitimacy in the EU, characterized as a multilevel legal order whose task is to serve its citizens and others on this globe. This frame may help move the discussion forward, identify more precisely some of the current weaknesses of the EU and what might alleviate them. Section II uses this account to identify some of the legitimacy challenges of the EU, several due to its federal elements. The EU is trusted to promote multiple objectives within various constraints. The federal features of the EU has implications for the appropriate substantive standards of economic solidarity and ‘social cohesion’ across states and regions. The possibilities of secession affects the bargains about tasks, burden sharing, and the willingness to pay some short term costs for the sake of longer term benefits – precisely some of the task political authority is often set up to help resolve. And the EU is an asymmetric legal order: consider the Eurozone, Schengen-Europe, and so forth. One implication is that different states and citizens will correctly hold different views about the appropriate task of the shared institutions, reflecting deep and correct disagreement about what the federation is for. Section III considers how the European courts may alleviate some but not all these challenges. |
Føllesdal, Andreas; Ulfstein, Geir: Hva kan barnevernet lære av dommen i menneskerettighetsdomstolen?. In: Aftenposten, 2019. (Type: Journal Article | Abstract | Links | Tags: Debate)@article{RN51440, Norge ble sist uke dømt av et solid flertall i Den europeiske menneskerettighetsdomstolens (EMD) storkammer. Saken gjaldt omsorgsovertagelse og siden tvangsadopsjon av et barn…. Barnevernet og domstolene må både i sin praksis og sine begrunnelser vise at den primære målsettingen er å gjenforene barnet med den biologiske familien. Bare dersom dette ikke kan skje uten at det går på bekostning av barnet, bør alternativer komme på tale. … |
Føllesdal, Andreas; Næss, Petter: En konstruktiv USA-kritiker og programmet han skapte. In: Khrono, 2019. (Type: Journal Article | Abstract | Links | Tags: Debate)@article{RN51411, I disse dager er det 70 år siden utenriksminister Hallvard Lange og den amerikanske ambassaderåden i Norge Henry Villard signerte avtalen som etablerte det norske Fulbrightprogrammet. Siden den gang har nesten 3700 nordmenn reist med Fulbrightstipend til amerikanske universiteter, og 1550 amerikanere hatt tilsvarende opphold i Norge…. I dag finnes utfordringer som gjør Fulbrightprogrammet mer relevant enn noen gang…. |
Føllesdal, Andreas: uio.no – bare så enhetlig som nødvendig og for øvrig mangfold. In: uniforum.uio.no, 2019. (Type: Journal Article | Abstract | Links | Tags: Debate)@article{RN51388, Flott at UiO nå arbeider med å forbedre nettstedet sitt. Her er noen spørsmål og råd på veien…. |
Føllesdal, Andreas: Misnøye i Domus Juridica. In: Uniforum, 2019. (Type: Journal Article | Abstract | Links | Tags: Debate)@article{RN51488, … Mot kontorlandskap: Det er viktigere å organisere senterets arbeidsplasser ut ifra de ansattes ulike behov og arbeidsoppgaver enn å samle så mange arbeidsplasser som mulig i ett rom, … Lydgjennomgang er et problem, og persiennene gjør kontoret til et mørkt bur. Automatisk lysstyring forstyrrer….. |
Føllesdal, Andreas: Færre med stor tiltro til domstolene – hva så?. In: https://www.domstol.no/nyheter/tiltro/, 2019. (Type: Journal Article | Abstract | Links | Tags: Debate)@article{RN51485, – I Norge bidrar åpne skattelister og universelle velferdsgoder til å redusere mistanker om at mange er gratispassasjerer. Men også domstolene er viktige i en kompleks legitimitetsøkonomi. Uavhengig og pålitelig rettsvesen og media kan avklare om samfunnsordningene er rettmessige og rettferdige, og om reglene blir overholdt. Som uavhengige og troverdige voktere kan de oppdage og hindre regelbrytere, og avklare for oss om andre institusjoner er troverdige: om Stortinget, regjering og forvaltning er kompetente, ærlige og iherdige – og dermed fortjener vår oppslutning og lovlydighet. Slik kan domstolene være demokratiets støttehjul. |
Follesdal, Andreas: Legitimacy criticisms of international courts: Not only Fuzzy Rhetoric?. In: Sadurski, Wojciech; Sevel, Michael; Walton, Kevin (Ed.): Legitimacy: The State and Beyond, pp. 223-237, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2019. (Type: Book Chapter | Abstract | Links | Tags: Human Rights, International courts, Publications)@inbook{RN50854, Many claims that international courts (ICs) are illegitimate are related in complex ways – differently in fields ranging from human rights to trade. This is not to deny that some talk of the illegitimacy of ICs is inaccurate or wrong. But it is possible and indeed valuable to develop a coherent account that connects several various usages, so as to specify better, worse and downright mistaken claims concerning the legitimacy of ICs. normative legitimacy provides helpful unity to many of the canvassed forms of legitimacy. The particular substantive normative conception of global justice to be respected and promoted by these institutions is not central to this task. I develop the outline of a theory by drawing on Joseph Raz’ ‘service conception’ of normatively legitimate authority, David Easton’s ‘systems analysis,’ and a cosmopolitan normative theory. Section 1 sketches relevant aspects of Raz’ account of legitimate authority: the service conception. Section 2 lays out some normative standards relevant for the ICs. The next sections then elaborate why, on the service conception, various legitimacy conceptions matter for normative legitimacy: why legality matters (section 3) including some reasons for the (limited) significance of state consent – even by rogue states. Section 4 starts to explore why and when actual compliance is important but not always decisive. Section 5 considers why the performance or effects of an IC matters. |
Follesdal, Andreas: The European Research Council @ 10: Whither hopes and fears?. In: European Political Science, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 237-247, 2019. (Type: Journal Article | Abstract | Links | Tags: ERC – European Research Council, Publications, Research policy)@article{RN50945, While ten years is too early to draw broad conclusions, the European Research Council does seem to have succeeded in promoting excellent and basic research in Europe, both through its own projects and by affecting standards and aspirations more broadly. It has affected widely shared conceptions of scholarly excellence and introduced new measures of academic esteem with more attention to rigorous peer review – also in the social sciences and the humanities. One concern is that the portability of grants may have fueled the clustering of research talent and reputation toward some institutions and some states, away from others. The benefits of the ERC in promoting research quality across Europe in the longer term may be at risk unless some parties take steps to correct the imbalance. |
Follesdal, Andreas: The European Research Council @ 10: What has it done to us?. In: European Political Science, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 234-36, 2019. (Type: Journal Article | Links | Tags: ERC – European Research Council, Publications, Research policy)@article{RN50944, |
Follesdal, Andreas: A better Signpost, not a better walking Stick: How to evaluate the European Consensus doctrine. In: Kapotas, Panos; Tzevelokos, Vassilis (Ed.): Building Consensus on European Consensus: Judicial Interpretation of Human Rights in Europe and Beyond, pp. 189-209, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2019. (Type: Book Chapter | Abstract | Links | Tags: European Consensus, European Court of Human Rights, Human Rights, Margin of Appreciation)@inbook{RN50770, One of the more contested interpretative practices of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) is its sighting of an ‘emerging European consensus’ (EuC) and the implications that the Court draws. If this practice is to be kept, suggestions for its improvement should be guided by the normatively justifiable roles such a practice should play, be it as part of the Court’s ‘dynamic interpretation’ of the Convention, or as a means to specify the margin of appreciation doctrine, or both. This requires closer reflection about which are sound reasons for the Court to appeal to EuC. Section 9.1 sketches the current practice of the Court. Section 9.2 explains why several critics claim that the EuC practice is too vague and otherwise problematic. Section 9.3 considers some of the most prominent arguments in favour of EuC, noting that several of these arguments fail to consider the peculiar subsidiary role of the human rights review by the ECtHR within the multi-level European legal order. |
Føllesdal, Andreas; Ulfstein, Geir: Rotevatns utelatelser. In: Klassekampen, no. 2. mars, pp. 22, 2018. (Type: Journal Article | Abstract | Links | Tags: Debate)@article{RN50950, Rotevatn unnlater å nevne at Norge ikke har vært kritisk til det danske forslaget om at EMD bare skal kunne overprøve nasjonale beslutninger i asyl- og immigrasjonssaker i «de mest eksepsjonelle» tilfellene. Dette ville, som vi har påpekt, i stor grad frata en meget utsatt gruppe den påkrevde internasjonale overvåkningen. Mener Rotevatn at dette er i orden? … det er misvisende når Rotevatn hevder at utkastet til erklæring ikke vil føre til en ny fordeling av ansvar. … Det hadde … vært all grunn til å forvente at Justisdepartementet offentliggjorde hva Norge mener – og aktivt gjorde Stortinget, partier og den bredere offentligheten kjent med dette. |
Føllesdal, Andreas; Ulfstein, Geir: Om vi skrev menneskerettighetene i dag. In: Studio 2 – P2, 2018. (Type: Journal Article | Abstract | Links | Tags: Debate, Human Rights)@article{RN50960, …Dersom vi skulle skrive menneskerettighetene på nytt nå – hvordan ville de sett ut?… |
Føllesdal, Andreas; Ulfstein, Geir: … og forøvrig bør EMD nedlegges?. In: Klassekampen, 2018. (Type: Journal Article | Abstract | Links | Tags: Debate, Human Rights)@article{RN50959, Professor Mads Bryde Andersen forsvarer utkastet til København-erklæring om den europeiske menneskerettighetsdomstol (EMD)… Men han ser ut til å mene at EMD bør nedlegges: Den pirker unødig på ‘snille’ land som Danmark som ikke trenger den, og den har ingen virkning i ‘slemme’ land uansett. Vi er uenige på begge punkter. København-erklæringen burde isteden svare på EMDs hovedutfordringer: Enkelte stater er ansvarlige for omfattende brudd på sentrale menneskerettigheter, og populistiske bevegelser angriper demokratiet og rettsstatsprinsipper, nasjonalt og internasjonalt. |
Føllesdal, Andreas; Ulfstein, Geir: Københavnerklæringen – opp som en løve…. In: Morgenbladet, 2018. (Type: Journal Article | Abstract | Links | Tags: Debate)@article{RN51009, Ministrene i Europarådet vedtok ‘Københavnerklæringen’ om reform av det europeiske menneskerettighetsregimet fredag 13. april. Danskene ønsket å begrense den europeiske menneskerettighetsdomstolens (EMD) kontroll med statene, særlig når det gjaldt asylsaker. Men danskene fikk ikke med seg andre stater – snarere tvert imot. Debatten og hva ministrene valgte bort fra danskenes opprinnelige utkast kan lære oss noe både om menneskerettighetsutfordringene og nasjonalstatene i Europa. Det er uenighet om symptomer, diagnoser og resepter. |
Føllesdal, Andreas; Ulfstein, Geir: Autoritære stater, gled dere!. In: Klassekampen, no. 27. februar, 2018. (Type: Journal Article | Abstract | Links | Tags: Debate)@article{RN50948, Det danske formannskapet i Europarådet vil reformere den europeiske menneskerettighetsdomstolen (EMD). Forslagene lyder uskyldige: mer delt ansvar og en bedre dialog mellom domstolen og statene. Men i realiteten ønsker den danske regjering å begrense domstolens overvåking, og øke regjeringenes politiske kontroll, særlig over saker knyttet til asyl og immigrasjon…. |
Føllesdal, Andreas: Ja til moderat Plan S for åpen tilgang. In: Aftenposten, no. 16. november, 2018. (Type: Journal Article | Abstract | Links | Tags: Debate)@article{RN51195, Norsk Forskningsråd og andre europeiske forskningsråd vil endevende modellen for vitenskapelig publisering ved å tvinge gjennom «åpen tilgang» for vitenskapelige arbeider. Tanken er god men gjennomføringen dårlig. Vi foreslår en liten endring som vil fikse svakhetene ved planen. Publisering av forfatterversjon i et åpent tilgjengelig arkiv bør godtas som åpen tilgang. Vårt forslag har to store fortrinn. For det første vil denne moderate versjonen av Plan S faktisk kunne realiseres innen 2020, som er det ambisiøse målet man har satt seg. Uten den endringen vi foreslår, kan overgangen ta betydelig lengre tid og gi stor usikkerhet for forskere. |
Føllesdal, Andreas: – Dette er en demonstrasjon som utfordrer hele samfunnet. In: Fosna-folket.no, 2018. (Type: Journal Article | Abstract | Links | Tags: Debate)@article{RN51007, …Når vindkraftutbyggingen som møter motstand fra samer som urfolk utfordrer det oss som nordmenn i hele riket. … |
Follesdal, Andreas; Ulfstein, Geir: The Draft Copenhagen Declaration: Whose Responsibility and Dialogue?. In: EJIL talk, 2018. (Type: Journal Article | Abstract | Links | Tags: Debate, European Court of Human Rights, Human Rights)@article{RN50938, The Danish Chairmanship of the Council of Europe has proposed a new installation to the reform saga of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). Their recipes sound innocuous: no one can be against ‘sharing responsibility’ for human rights protection, or for improved ‘dialogue’ between the Court and states. Many fear that in the Danish details, sovereignty will trump human rights protection. Broader trends and issues in the shadows of subsidiarity merit further attention, lest shared responsibility morphs into no one’s responsibility, and the discursive dialogue turns Melian, allowing state executives to do as they can and leave the Court to judge as it must…. |
Follesdal, Andreas; Ulfstein, Geir: Copenhagen – much ado about little?. In: EJIL talk, no. April 14, 2018, 2018. (Type: Journal Article | Abstract | Links | Tags: Debate, Human Rights, Margin of Appreciation)@article{RN50996, The Ministers of the Council of Europe adopted the ‘Copenhagen Declaration’ Friday April 13 concerning the perpetual reform of the European Human Rights System. … On the face of it not much is new in the Declaration. It is still interesting, not least for what the Ministers agreed not to include from the draft circulated by the hosts April 5. The Danish draft urged states to reign in the Court by a dramatic extension of the ‘margin of appreciation,’ and by more control through political ‘dialogue.’ The robust rejection of these proposals also show us how the Court is independent yet accountable, to states committed both to protect human rights in Europe, and to complex conceptions of sovereignty and subsidiarity. |
Squatrito, Theresa; Young, Oran; Follesdal, Andreas; Ulfstein, Geir: The Performance of International Courts and Tribunals. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2018, ((i) the IC’s output: its judgments and interpretations; (ii) its outcome in the sense of states’ compliance with particular judgments; and (iii) the ultimate broader impact of such compliance on the ground.). (Type: Book | Abstract | Links | Tags: Edited books, Human Rights, International courts, Publications)@book{RN50115, International courts and tribunals now operate globally and in several world regions, playing significant roles in international law and global governance. However, these courts vary significantly in terms of their practices, procedures, and the outcomes they produce. Why do some international courts perform better than others? Which factors affect the outcome of these courts and tribunals? The Performance of International Courts and Tribunals is an interdisciplinary study featuring approaches, methods and authorship from law and political science, which proposes the concept of performance to describe the processes and outcomes of international courts. It develops a framework for evaluating and explaining performance by offering a broad comparative analysis of international courts, covering several world regions and the areas of trade, investment, the environment, human rights and criminal law, and offers interdisciplinary accounts to explain how and why international court performance varies. |
Squatrito, Theresa; Young, Oran; Follesdal, Andreas; Ulfstein, Geir: A framework for evaluating the performance of international courts and tribunals. In: Squatrito, Theresa; Young, Oran; Follesdal, Andreas; Ulfstein, Geir (Ed.): The Performance of International Courts and Tribunals, pp. 3-35, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2018. (Type: Book Chapter | Abstract | Links | Tags: International courts, Publications)@inbook{RN50987, While prior studies have tended to focus on specific questions relating either to the design or to the effects of international courts, we develop an integrated framework for the study of the performance of ICs. .. We explore factors that may explain the patterns of performance we observe. …We are interested both in the outcomes courts produce and the processes through which they arrive at judgments…. To know whether regimes or governance systems are effective, then, we argue that it is imperative to ask whether international courts perform their roles well or poorly. |
Ryssevik, Jostein; Føllesdal, Andreas; Thorsen, Dag Einar; Aubert, Axel: Politikk og menneskerettigheter. Aschehoug, Oslo, 2018. (Type: Book | Links | Tags: Human Rights)@book{RN51004, |
Grossman, Nienke; Cohen, Harlan; Follesdal, Andreas; Ulfstein, Geir: The legitimacy of international courts. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2018. (Type: Book | Links | Tags: Edited books, International courts, Publications)@book{RN50121, |
Grossman, Nienke; Cohen, Harlan; Follesdal, Andreas; Ulfstein, Geir: Legitimacy and international courts – a framework. In: Grossman, Nienke; Cohen, Harlan; Follesdal, Andreas; Ulfstein, Geir (Ed.): The legitimacy of international courts, pp. 1-40, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2018. (Type: Book Chapter | Abstract | Links | Tags: International courts, Publications)@inbook{RN50929, This Introduction surveys some of the key contributions of this volume and distills some of the lessons of its varied chapters for the legitimacy of international courts. Parts II and III are largely conceptual in approach, exploring what legitimacy means for each and all of the courts. Part II explores the concept of legitimacy as it pertains to international courts, examining the relationship between source, process, and results-oriented aspects of IC legitimacy and the relationship between legitimacy, justice, democracy, and effectiveness. Part III looks more closely at the chapters in this volume and explores their contributions to the discussions above, as well as their lessons regarding the relationship between sociological and normative legitimacy. Part IV takes a more functional approach, exploring how various factors internal or external to particular courts have contributed to those courts’ normative or sociological legitimacy. It considers international courts in their context, examining the relationship between the specific goals, design choices, audiences, institutional contexts and IC legitimacy. It explores three models of how these factors interact in this volume’s chapters to either support of undermine an international court’s sociological or normative legitimacy. Part V provides thumbnail summaries of each the chapters that follow. |
Follesdal, Andreas; Ulfstein, Geir: The Judicialization of International Law – A Mixed Blessing?. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2018. (Type: Book | Abstract | Links | Tags: Edited books, International courts, Publications)@book{RN50775, The influence of international courts is ubiquitous, covering areas from the law of the sea to international criminal law. This judicialization of international law is often lauded for bringing effective global governance, upholding the rule of law, and protecting the right of individuals. Yet at what point does the omnipresence of the international judiciary shackle national sovereign freedom? And can the lack of political accountability be justified? Follesdal and Ulfstein bring together the crème de la crème of the legal academic world to ask the big questions for the international judiciary: whether they are there for mere dispute settlement or to set precedent, and how far they can enforce international obligations without impacting on democratic self-determination. |
Follesdal, Andreas; Ulfstein, Geir: International Courts and Tribunals: Rise and Reactions. In: Follesdal, Andreas; Ulfstein, Geir (Ed.): The Judicialization of International Law – A Mixed Blessing?, pp. 1-8, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2018. (Type: Book Chapter | Abstract | Links | Tags: International courts, Publications)@inbook{RN50780, International courts and tribunals (ICs) are increasing in number and importance. They address an expanding variety of issues, ranging from the law of the sea to international criminal law. .. international relations are increasingly judicialized. The present book maps and assesses this development – and reactions thereto, because the trends have met with mixed responses… |
Follesdal, Andreas: Power or Authority; Actions or Beliefs. In: Alter, Karen; Helfer, Laurence; Madsen, Mikael Rask (Ed.): International Court Authority, pp. 412-421, Oxford University Press, New York, 2018. (Type: Book Chapter | Abstract | Links | Tags: International courts, Publications)@inbook{RN50401, Institutional, political and social circumstances affect the impact of international courts (‘ICs’). The valuable and intellectually intriguing aim of the project in this volume, ‘The Variable Authority of International Courts’ is to develop and apply a metric to assess the effects of some of these contexts. The chapter discusses two questions concerning the project. What do they seek to measure with their metric – and are the findings actually about authority? Furthermore, AHM go to great lengths to proclaim methodological agnosticism about actors’ beliefs and motives, and argue for the irrelevance of normative legitimacy for this research project. Yet the former claim seems incorrect and the second is both unnecessary and ill defended. |
Follesdal, Andreas: More than meets the eye – and less: On The Internationalists. In: Global Constitutionalism, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 330-341, 2018. (Type: Journal Article | Abstract | Links | Tags: International courts, Publications)@article{RN51105, Review of O Hathaway and S Shapiro The Internationalists (2017). These comments explore further some game theoretical themes, of how outlawing of war led to profound changes in international relations even when the norm was breached. The Peace Pact arguably contributed to avoid war by creating institutions – such as international courts – that helped stabilize an assurance game among states by providing trustworthy information and commitments, in turn influencing practices and beliefs concerning mutual non-aggression. Second, the authors at times claim that the Peace Pact was not only a cause of, but the cause of the massive shift in reduced warfare. Further arguments would be required to substantiate that this treaty not only was a necessary condition, but the trigger that ‘began a cascade’ (xv). Other factors might also have been necessary, and equally deserving of the label ‘triggers,’ – such as increased global interdependence, or democratization. The authors might best modify their claim. Third, the authors claim not only to present a historical account, but also to draw lessons for the future. At a time when international norms and institutions are under severe pressure, such lessons are very welcome. However, there are reasons to be less optimistic than the authors about the extent of lessons we can draw from The Internationalists about how to preserve and improve on the New World Order of the Pact, rather than backsliding into the Old World Order. |
Follesdal, Andreas: The Legitimate Authority of International Courts and its Limits: A challenge to Raz’ Service Conception?. In: Capps, Patrick; Olsen, Henrik Palmer (Ed.): Legal authority beyond the state, pp. 188-205, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2018. (Type: Book Chapter | Abstract | Links | Tags: International courts, Publications)@inbook{RN50652, Very public challenges to international courts (ICs) by state governments, legislatures, domestic or international courts, corporations, investors or civil society groups are often draped in terms of ‘legitimacy’. The challenges provoke several questions. Why should such ‘compliance constituencies’ defer to ICs’ judgments at all? More precisely: when do ICs’ judgments give such constituencies reason to act differently than they would otherwise – and when do they not? The present contribution argues that states’ disobedience may be justified due to the substantive contents of the particular ruling by an IC. Section 1 provides a brief sketch of Raz’s ‘Service account’ of legitimacy, and addresses some criticisms relevant to our concerns. Section 2 brings this account to bear on ICs, and lays out some of its distinguishing features by comparing it to the influential accounts of Daniel Bodansky and Yuval Shany. Section 3 turns to consider how this account accommodates and even justifies cases of disobedience against ICs. |
Follesdal, Andreas: Constitutionalization, not democratization: how to assess the legitimacy of international courts. In: Grossman, Nienke; Cohen, Harlan; Follesdal, Andreas; Ulfstein, Geir (Ed.): The legitimacy of international courts, pp. 307-337, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2018. (Type: Book Chapter | Abstract | Links | Tags: International courts, Publications)@inbook{RN50335, Several authors – including Armin von Bogdandy and Ingo Venzke, Allan Buchanan and Robert Keohane, Gráinne De Búrca, and Nienke Grossman address the legitimacy deficits of international courts (ICs). They propose the ‘democratization’ of ICs, by which they often mean to increase their transparency, accountability or participation by various parties. There are other, better reasons to value transparency, accountability and participation concerning ICs than as building blocks of democracy, namely insofar as they contribute to valuable forms of constitutionalization of the global basic structure. Moreover, they can be valuable even when such changes do not advance democracy of the kind worth having. We should not assume that democracy is the touchstone for all legitimate modes of governance. TWe should distinguish between democratic institutions of decision-making, the normative principles that justify such institutions, and important features of such institutions that contribute to their justification, such as accountability, participation and transparency. It is only calls for the first of these – formalized institutions of decision-making – which should be considered democratication proper. |
Follesdal, Andreas: Appreciating the Margin of Appreciation. In: Etinson, Adam (Ed.): Human Rights: Moral or Political?, pp. 269-294, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2018. (Type: Book Chapter | Abstract | Links | Tags: Democratic theory, European Court of Human Rights, Human Rights, Margin of Appreciation, Publications)@inbook{RN49344, How should an international human rights court best pay due respect to both the treaty and to its sovereign creators? The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) is a prime case. It reviews whether states uphold their obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The Court is also authorized to rule on whether states may violate certain of their citizens’ rights – as the Convention permits – in order to protect morals, the conflicting rights of others, national security or other considerations (e.g. Articles 8 and 15). One mechanism that arguably serves to reduce the risk that the ECtHR will abuse its power is the margin of appreciation (MA) doctrine that the Court has developed. The Court grants states the authority to decide, in some cases, whether they are in compliance with their treaty obligations. Is the MA doctrine a sound response to this perceived dilemma between majoritarian democracy and protection of human rights? The present chapter presents and defends some form of the MA doctrine precisely as a contribution by the Court to both protect human rights and to promote domestic democracies. I shall also suggest reforms to render it more legitimate. |
Føllesdal, Andreas: Humanistisk forskning for et samfunn i forandring. In: Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 51-57, 2017, ISSN: 0800-336x. (Type: Journal Article | Abstract | Links | Tags: Research policy)@article{RN51794, Dagens forskningspolitikk er ikke tilpasset humanioras særegne utfordringer. Hvis myndighetene ønsker å opprettholde humanioras samfunnsoppdrag, må rammevilkårene også håndtere disse utfordringene…. |
Saul, Matthew; Follesdal, Andreas; Ulfstein, Geir: The International Human Rights Judiciary and National Parliaments: Europe and Beyond. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2017. (Type: Book | Abstract | Links | Tags: Edited books, European Court of Human Rights, Human Rights)@book{RN52622, The emerging international human rights judiciary (IHRJ) threatens national democratic processes and ‘hollows out’ the scope of domestic and democratic decision-making, some argue. This new analysis confronts this head on by examining the interplay between national parliaments and the IHRJ, proposing that it advances parliament’s efforts. Taking Europe and the European Court of Human Rights as its focus – drawing on theory, doctrine and practice – the authors answer a series of key questions. What role should parliaments play in realising human rights? Which factors influence the effects of the IHRJ on national parliaments’ efforts? How can the IHRJ adjust its influence on parliamentary process? And what triggers the backlash against the IHRJ from parliaments and when? Here, the authors lay foundations for better informed scholarship and legal practice in the future, as well as a better understanding of how to improve the effectiveness and validity of the IHRJ. |
Føllesdal, Andreas; Ulfstein, Geir: Utfordre for å forbedre, eller for å rive ned?. In: Klassekampen, 2017. (Type: Journal Article | Abstract | Links | Tags: Debate)@article{RN50785, Hvordan bør norske og andre lands myndigheter forholde seg til de internasjonale menneskerettighetene de er uenige i? Partiene bør avklare om de vil foreslå endringer som kan undergrave den skjøre oppslutningen om menneskerettighetene i Norge og i resten av Europa? Og er det en beklagelig ulempe for å oppnå viktige mål for Norge – i såfall hvilke? Eller er det partier som mener at slike internasjonale ordninger ikke virker, eller at menneskerettighetsvern i resten av Europa eller i verden ikke er noe vi skal ha noe ansvar for? |
Føllesdal, Andreas; Ulfstein, Geir: Truer menneskerettighetene demokratiet?. In: Dagens næringsliv, 2017. (Type: Journal Article | Abstract | Links | Tags: Debate, Human Rights)@article{RN50758, Den europeiske menneskerettighetsdomstolen skaper ikke inflasjon av menneskerettigheter. Professor Ole Gjems-Onstads kritikk av menneskerettighetsdomstolen er dels skivebom, dels for sneversynt, og dels tuftet på et for magert demokratiideal… |
Føllesdal, Andreas; Ulfstein, Geir: Islamske stater har også godtatt at menneskerettighetene er universelle. In: Aftenposten – kort sagt, no. 29. november, 2017. (Type: Journal Article | Links | Tags: Debate, Human Rights)@article{RN50850, |
Føllesdal, Andreas: Universitetet i Oslo og tankesmier. In: Uniforum, 2017. (Type: Journal Article | Links | Tags: Debate)@article{RN50834, |
Føllesdal, Andreas: Om menneskerettighetsdomstolen i Strasbourg’. 2017, (NRK Dagsnytt 18). (Type: Miscellaneous | Links | Tags: Debate, Human Rights, Policy advice)@misc{RN50763, |
Føllesdal, Andreas: Om #MeToo-kampanjen og ‘outing’. 2017, (NRK Ekko). (Type: Miscellaneous | Abstract | Links | Tags: Debate, Gender)@misc{RN50837, Er det av og til riktig å navngi påståtte overgripere? |
Føllesdal, Andreas; Ruud, Morten; Ulfstein, Geir: Menneskerettighetene og Norge: Rettsutvikling, rettsliggjøring og demokrati. Universitetsforlaget, Oslo, 2017. (Type: Book | Tags: Edited books)@book{RN51030, |
Føllesdal, Andreas; Ruud, Morten; Ulfstein, Geir: De internasjonale menneskerettighetene og Norge: Spenninger og samspill. In: Føllesdal, Andreas; Ruud, Morten; Ulfstein, Geir (Ed.): Menneskerettighetene og Norge: Rettsutvikling, rettsliggjøring og demokrati, pp. 13-32, Universitetsforlaget, Oslo, 2017. (Type: Book Chapter | Tags: Human Rights)@inbook{RN51031, |
Follesdal, Andreas: Tracking justice democratically. In: Social Epistemology, vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 324-339, 2017. (Type: Journal Article | Abstract | Links | Tags: Democratic theory, European Court of Human Rights, Human Rights, Publications)@article{RN50172, Is international judicial human rights review anti-democratic and therefore illegitimate, and objectionably epistocratic to boot? Or is such review compatible with – and even a recommended component of – an epistemic account of democracy? This article defends the latter position, laying out the case for the legitimacy, possibly democratic legitimacy of such judicial review of democratically enacted legislation and policy making. Section 1 offers a brief conceptual sketch of the kind of epistemic democracy and the kind of international human rights courts of concern – in particular the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). Section 2 develops some of the relevant aspects of democratic theory: components of an epistemic justification for democratic majority rule, namely to determine whether proposed policy and legislation bundles are just, and providing assurance thereof. Several critical premises and scope conditions are noted in section 3. Section 4 considers the case(s) for international judicial review, arguing that such review helps secure those premises and scope conditions. The section goes on to consider the scope such review should have – and some objections to such an account. |
Follesdal, Andreas: Theories of Human Rights: Political or Orthodox – why it matters. In: Maliks, Reidar; Karlsson, Johan Schaffer (Ed.): Moral and Political Conceptions of Human Rights: Implications for Theory and Practice, pp. 77-96, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2017. (Type: Book Chapter | Abstract | Links | Tags: Human Rights)@inbook{RN50170, One important contribution by a philosophical theory of international legal human rights [ILHR] is to provide normative perspectives and standards to assess the current international human rights regimes. .. There is currently a discussion about how two families of theories may best be used to develop such a philosophical theory of ILHR. ..”Orthodox” philosophical accounts .. tend to hold that behind the human rights movement generally – including ILHR – there is a unitary, cogent notion of moral human rights. .. “Political” theories pursue another aim and justificatory strategy. They aspire to systematize the existing international legal human rights practice, and seek to end with a theory with sufficient critical standards, – without drawing on a prior concept of a human right. … The aim of this article is primarily to alleviate some of the alleged conflicts, in particular to defend at least one Political theory against charges that it is unduly constrained to actual consensus on premises in defense of ILHR, that it is too closely linked to the current state system to match the universal ambitions of human rights, and that it seeks to avoid normative premises. |
Follesdal, Andreas: Law making by law breaking? A theory of parliamentary civil disobedience against international human rights courts. In: Saul, Matthew; Follesdal, Andreas; Ulfstein, Geir (Ed.): The International Human Rights Judiciary and National Parliaments: Europe and Beyond, pp. 329-352, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2017. (Type: Book Chapter | Abstract | Links | Tags: Civil disobedience, European Court of Human Rights, Human Rights, International courts, Publications)@inbook{RN50106, Recent cases of non-compliance with judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) raise several profound questions of legitimacy. Some states seem simply unwilling to defer to the ECtHR, putting their own legitimacy on the line. Other cases, such as the Hirst v. UK case of prisoners’ voting rights, seem to challenge the legitimacy of the Court or aspects of its practices. May some such non-compliance with international courts in fact be justifiable? The present chapter argues that some forms of parliamentary disobedience may be understood and assessed not only as protest and avoidance, but also as a constructive mode of correcting the law making of the ECtHR. Under some conditions, certain forms of domestic parliamentary disobedience should be considered as and accepted as an extreme form of multi-level law making. Few states can be expected to pressure human rights ICs to interpret the treaties expansively. Thus states might not be suitable actors in a system of checks to ensure that ICs interpret in appropriate ways. Yet checks and balances should be developed in our multi-level legal order to alleviate the risks wrought by ICs’ interpretation and law making. |
Follesdal, Andreas: Independent yet Accountable: Stress Test Lessons for the European Court of Human Rights. In: Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law, vol. 24, no. 4, pp. 484-510, 2017. (Type: Journal Article | Abstract | Links | Tags: European Court of Human Rights, Human Rights)@article{RN50477, An important ‘stress test’ for regional human rights courts would be to see how well such courts perform when faced with authoritarian, human rights-violating regimes that they are supposed to hinder or constrain. These states are not only subjects of the court, but also its masters insofar as they enjoy various forms of control and accountability mechanisms that may constrain the court’s independence. The article argues that, at least in the case of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), its precarious ‘constrained independence’ should be modified to enhance its impact even under such circumstances. Such changes could strengthen the ECtHR’s impartial and independent role without running the risk of turning it into a so-called ‘juristocracy’ – subjecting European states to the arbitrary rule of international judges. |
Follesdal, Andreas: Getting to Justice? On Albert Weale: Democratic Justice. In: Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 231-242, 2017. (Type: Journal Article | Abstract | Links | Tags: Gender, Publications)@article{RN50144, This article focuses on how Weale’s view in Democratic Justice (Oxford University Press 2013) fits into and responds to two strands of social contract traditions and their critics: the contractarian tradition as he claims to, which seeks to justify normative principles of justice from non-moral premises. The alternative is the contractualist tradition which assumes that individuals are also motivated by other-regarding moral considerations. The aim of the latter is often limited to systematize and specify vague and contested normative judgments concerning shared institutions. There are tensions in Weale’s book whether it addresses the question of concern to contractarians or that of contractualists. A second question concerns Weale’s attempt to extrapolate principles of justice from common property resource regimes within the basic structure of society to that basic structure of a ‘great society’ itself. The impact of the basic structure on individuals is so pervasive that the principle Weale proposes appears to be misapplied. A claim to the marginal product in complex modes of production supplemented by a social insurance scheme says little about the distributive principles for assessing how the basic structure should engender the distribution of marginal products among us. |
Follesdal, Andreas: Exporting the Margin of Appreciation: Lessons for the Inter-American Court of Human Rights?. In: International journal of constitutional law, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 359-371, 2017. (Type: Journal Article | Abstract | Links | Tags: European Court of Human Rights, Human Rights, Margin of Appreciation)@article{RN50633, What might the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) gain from a ‘judicial dialogue’ with the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in the form of borrowing the ECtHR’s margin of appreciation doctrine? Arguably, a favorable interpretation of the vague margin of appreciation doctrine allows the ECtHR to provide both human rights protection and deference to domestic democratic decision-making. This may guide the IACtHR’s attempt to respect both the American Convention on Human Rights and its sovereign creators. In particular, the ECtHR’s Doctrine may illustrate how these regional courts can interact with states that violate the respective conventions after less than fully democratic processes—in the eyes of the courts. The same margin of appreciation doctrine may justify more or less sovereignty-invading stances by both the IACtHR and by the ECtHR, depending on to the different levels of entrenchment of a democratic culture and rule of law in the state of concern, and depending on the actual deliberations carried out in the particular case. |
Follesdal, Andreas: Democracy and regional human rights courts: Enemies, allies, or both? Symposium. International Journal of Constitutional Law, 2017. (Type: Book | Abstract | Links | Tags: Democratic theory, Human Rights, Publications, Special issues)@book{RN50782, The regional human rights courts in Europe and the Americas have a complex relationship with democracy. On the one hand, they were established to protect democracy (and the fundamental rights on which democracy depends) and to serve as “alarm bells” to facilitate detection and early intervention if tyranny nevertheless threatened. On the other hand, however, specific procedures and practices of these courts, or certain forms of adjudicative activity, may threaten or undermine stable democratic self-governance. History has shown that the work of the European and Inter-American courts has, at times, both augmented and challenged democracy in their respective member jurisdictions. This symposium addresses certain aspects of this tension…. |
Follesdal, Andreas: Democracy and regional human rights courts. In: International Journal of Constitutional Law, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 358, 2017. (Type: Journal Article | Abstract | Links | Tags: Democratic theory, Human Rights, Publications)@article{RN50781, The regional human rights courts in Europe and the Americas have a complex relationship with democracy. On the one hand, they were established to protect democracy (and the fundamental rights on which democracy depends) and to serve as “alarm bells” to facilitate detection and early intervention if tyranny nevertheless threatened. On the other hand, however, specific procedures and practices of these courts, or certain forms of adjudicative activity, may threaten or undermine stable democratic self-governance. History has shown that the work of the European and Inter-American courts has, at times, both augmented and challenged democracy in their respective member jurisdictions. This symposium addresses certain aspects of this tension…. |
Follesdal, Andreas: on Global Governance at University College London – interview. 2016. (Type: Miscellaneous | Links | Tags: Debate, interview)@misc{RN50530, |
Follesdal, Andreas; Tsereteli, Nino: The margin of appreciation in Europe and beyond – Special Issue. The International Journal of Human Rights, 2016. (Type: Book | Abstract | Tags: European Court of Human Rights, Human Rights, International courts, Margin of Appreciation, Special issues)@book{RN50638, Is the margin of appreciation doctrine of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) a promising model of deference by a regional human rights court towards democratic states? Or does this doctrine amount to an abdication by such courts from their proper tasks of protecting human rights against violations by states? This special section contributes to the ongoing scholarly debate about the margin of appreciation doctrine, originally developed by the ECtHR. It also explores the emergence of similar doctrines of deference in human rights adjudication outside Europe. The four articles also raise issues relevant for a broader debate about legitimacy and effectiveness of international courts. The authors cover a number of courts, well-established as well as relatively young ones, operating in different legal and political contexts. It allows reflecting on common as well as courtspecific reasons for exercising or avoiding deference. |
Føllesdal, Andreas; Saul, Matthew; Ulfstein, Geir: Brexit truer menneskerettighetsvern. In: Dagens næringsliv, no. 22. juni 2016, 2016. (Type: Journal Article | Abstract | Links | Tags: Debate)@article{RN50471, Torsdag 23. juni har Storbritannia folkeavstemning om å forlate EU. Utfallet vil uansett få ringvirkninger utenfor Storbritannia og EU, både for Den europeiske menneskerettighetskonvensjon og menneskerettighetsdomstolen (EMK og EMD) og for Norge. … |
Føllesdal, Andreas: Overdriver både kritikernes innvendinger og EUs fortreffelighet. In: Aftenposten, pp. 13, 2016. (Type: Journal Article | Abstract | Links | Tags: Debate)@article{RN50449, Håkon Haugli og Arne Flåøyen avviser kritikken fra Stein Tønnesson, Thomas Hylland Eriksen og Thomas Hegghammer mot deler av EUs forskningsprogram. Haugli og Flåøyen overdriver både kritikernes innvendinger og EUs fortreffelighet. Kritikken gjelder bare de programmene der søknadsprossessen er for ressurskrevende og som ikke velger den beste forskningen. Motsetningen er det europeiske forskningsrådet (ERC). Haugli og Flåøyen antar at all fagfellevurdering i EUs forskningsprogram velger ut de beste forskerne. |
Føllesdal, Andreas: Organdonasjon – behov og begrensninger. Aktørseminar 3. oktober 2016. In: Michael – Publication series of the Norwegian Medical Society, vol. 13, no. 4, 2016. (Type: Journal Article | Links | Tags: Debate)@article{RN50614, |
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