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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)
This paper analyses Jürgen Habermas’s claim that democracy and human rights are co-original and its implications for his international theory. A central argument in his theory, the co-originality thesis suggests that human ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)
As we teach political theory, we cannot escape the canon problem, since we must select a manageable set of key texts, thinkers and theories. However, what we select also shapes what we take political theory and the subject ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2010)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2014)
This paper explores a tension in deliberative democratic theory. The tension consists in that deliberative opinion-formation ideally aims to reach consensus, while a consensus, once established, will likely impede the ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2012)
Seeking to explain the emergence of anti-trafficking initiatives, scholars have explored two sets of ideas—national security and gender equality—thought to shape policy. In this study, we examine whether such ideational ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2012)
Recently, theorists have sought to justify transnational democracy by means of the all-affected principle, which claims that people have a right to participate in political decision-making that affects them. I argue that ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2013)
The concept of authority has become increasingly palatable to scholars in law, political science and philosophy when describing, explaining and assessing global governance. While many now seem to agree that applying authority ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2023)
Scandinavian supreme courts have been described as deferential to the elected branches of government and reluctant to exercise their limited review powers. However, in recent years these courts have increasingly decided ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2024)
Why have civil society groups in Scandinavia increasingly turned to legal mobilization in recent decades? In Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, a legal-political culture based on parliamentary supremacy, deferential judiciaries, ...