TY - JOUR
T1 - Judicial review without shortcuts
T2 - A vindication of the knower from a pragmatist and critical theoretical approach
AU - Casuso, Gianfranco
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2020.
PY - 2021/1
Y1 - 2021/1
N2 - In my article, I want to focus on the critique Cristina Lafont makes to expertocracy and epistocracy, mainly through the institution of judicial review, to which she dedicates chapter 7 and part of chapter 6 of her book Democracy without Shortcuts. First I will reconstruct the premises that support her arguments in favour of a democratic reading of judicial review. Then, I will pose some questions about its viability as an institution that favours the participation of the citizens in the shaping and the determination of the scope of the norms they are subjected to.
AB - In my article, I want to focus on the critique Cristina Lafont makes to expertocracy and epistocracy, mainly through the institution of judicial review, to which she dedicates chapter 7 and part of chapter 6 of her book Democracy without Shortcuts. First I will reconstruct the premises that support her arguments in favour of a democratic reading of judicial review. Then, I will pose some questions about its viability as an institution that favours the participation of the citizens in the shaping and the determination of the scope of the norms they are subjected to.
KW - critical theory
KW - epistocracy
KW - judicial review
KW - normative reconstruction
KW - pragmatism
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85097195597&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0191453720974718
DO - 10.1177/0191453720974718
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85097195597
SN - 0191-4537
VL - 47
SP - 54
EP - 57
JO - Philosophy and Social Criticism
JF - Philosophy and Social Criticism
IS - 1
ER -