PANEL 13 / JUSTICE OF SUPRANATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
CONVENORS: PEDRO SILVA and JOÃO CRUZ RIBEIRO
All enquiries about the panel should be sent to [email protected] and [email protected].
This panel will focus on the political morality of supra-national and regional institutions, such as the European Union, the African Union, Mercosur and ASEAN. It is interested on the question of the principles of justice that should govern these institutions. Should they commit to promoting maximally just institutions within domestic states or should they merely favour the creation or maintenance of domestic institutions that satisfy a given threshold of justice? What implications does the answer to this question have for the kind of welfare state regimes and types of political economy that states should maintain? European countries differ substantially with respect to social insurance systems and labour market legislation, for example. These issues prompt the question of how regional integration may be carried out legitimately.
This Panel welcomes discussions on the legitimacy of the current shape of supranational institutions as well as proposals on the reforms it should undertake if it is to promote social justice in a more thorough manner. This Panel also welcomes contributions that seek to answer the following kinds of questions:
All enquiries about the panel should be sent to [email protected] and [email protected].
This panel will focus on the political morality of supra-national and regional institutions, such as the European Union, the African Union, Mercosur and ASEAN. It is interested on the question of the principles of justice that should govern these institutions. Should they commit to promoting maximally just institutions within domestic states or should they merely favour the creation or maintenance of domestic institutions that satisfy a given threshold of justice? What implications does the answer to this question have for the kind of welfare state regimes and types of political economy that states should maintain? European countries differ substantially with respect to social insurance systems and labour market legislation, for example. These issues prompt the question of how regional integration may be carried out legitimately.
This Panel welcomes discussions on the legitimacy of the current shape of supranational institutions as well as proposals on the reforms it should undertake if it is to promote social justice in a more thorough manner. This Panel also welcomes contributions that seek to answer the following kinds of questions:
- How should supranational institutions share power between its centre and domestic states?
- Under what circumstances can supranational institutions legitimately supervise the respect for the rule of law, human rights and other urgent claims in its member states?
- Is democratic backsliding within some EU Member States a real phenomenon? If so, what can the EU do to tackle it?
- Are regional and supranational institutions a stepping stone to the fulfilment of principles of justice with a global scope?
