The CritQ provides a forum for open, interdisciplinary-oriented, intradisciplinary-informed critical jurisprudence grounded in the theory-praxis dialogue. As a European law journal the CritQ reflects the required legal adjustments towards societal, political, and systemic directives in Europe. The list of editors that counts the law schools of the University of Luxembourg and Goethe-University Frankfurt am Main among them, has been prominently enhanced with pioneers of European jurisdiction (Marc Jaeger, Vincent Lamanda, Dean Spielmann, Sir John Thomas, Andreas Voßkuhle). The European public is conveyed by language, thus the CritQ presents articles in German, English, and French.
Until well into the present day, the ancient democracy of the Athenians was regarded by historians as an aliud unsuitable as a role model. After the horrors of the French Revolution, discrediting it as mass rule leading to ruin was the programme of...
The article traces the roots of the rule of law in ancient Greece. The people's assembly, the people's court, the creation of law and the administration of justice were transferred into the hands of the citizens. The result was legally created...
The article deals with the conceptual development and current challenges of democratic systems, particularly in the area of tension between citizen participation and professional expertise. Direct democracy, in which citizens made political...
Contrary to a common contemporary perception of direct democracy as an unorganized, mass democracy Athenian democracy was a structured democracy with a deeply cultivated sense of justice. The element of deliberation, that is, of organized discussion...
This paper attempts to give a more qualified measurement of what is known as democratic deficit, through a comparison of democratization criteria in Classical Athens and modern Greece. We first present a short analysis of the Classical Athenian...
To confront the issues that are rooted in the problem of citizen representation via the intermediation of political parties, democracies have adopted laws and enforcement mechanisms to make sure that the elected officials act for the public interest...
From the politically definable concepts of autonomy, immediacy and participation, legal philosophy, legal theory and the practice of Athenian democracy in the 5th century BC derive a focal point: the principle of direct democracy as an effect of...