Public Epistemic Authority
Normative Institutional Design for EU Law
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 24054282 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Johann Laux (0000-0003-3043-075X, Universität Hamburg, corresponding author), Johann Moritz Laux |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Pages | 483 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Public Epistemic Authority (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Mohr Siebeck (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1628/978-3-16-160257-3 |
| OpenAlex | W3154407669 |
| ISBN | 9783161602573, 9783161600692 |
| Open Library | OL38058243M |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 2 |
Inter- and supranational courts derive their legitimacy partly from an institutional comparison: judges' legal expertise and the quality of judicial procedures justify a court's claim to authority towards other branches of government and other courts with overlapping jurisdiction. To provide a benchmark for assessing judicial outcomes that is compatible with democratic commitments, Johann Laux suggests a new normative category, Public Epistemic Authority (PEA). It builds on the mechanisms behind theories of collective intelligence and empirical research on judicial decision-making. PEA tracks judges' collective ability to reliably identify breaches of law. It focuses on cognitive tasks in adjudication. The author applies PEA to the Court of Justice of the European Union and offers suggestions for improving its institutional design.
Cognitive Diversity · Collective intelligence · Democracy · Epistemology · Legitimacy · Political science · Sociology · Wisdom of the Crowds · Administrative Law · Constitutional Law and Political Science · European Law · Legal Theory · Philosophy of Law · Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |