“It’s the democracy, stupid!” in defence of KlimaSeniorinnen
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21758038 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christophe Eckes (0000-0003-2131-0123, corresponding author), Christina Eckes |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 451-470 |
| Publication date | 2024-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | ERA (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1612-3093 • E-ISSN: 1863-9038 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s12027-025-00828-w |
| OpenAlex | W4407633815 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
Small numbers of litigants asking a small number of unelected judges to impose limits on majoritarian decision-making stands at least prima facie in tension with majoritarianism as a central legitimizing principle of democracy in Europe. In KlimaSeniorinnen , the European Court of Human Rights required the Contracting Parties to quantify a fair share national carbon budget. Several aspects of the ruling demonstrate great deference to the national democratic process: how the Court emphasized climate exceptionalism, extended NGO standing, reduced the States’ margin of discretion in relation to their (international) climate commitments, and approached extraterritoriality
Deference · Democracy · Discretion · Economics · European integration · European union · Exceptionalism · Fundamental rights · Human rights · International law · International trade · Law and economics · Margin of appreciation · Political science · Politics · Prima facie · Public international law · Sociology · Environmental law and policy · Law
| Citations per year | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |