The Dead End of the “Social Turn”: Social Cooperation as the Foundation of Legitimacy

Thorsten Fuchshuber

doi:10.5771/2193-7869-2015-3-229

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- 171–171 Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis 171–171
- 172–172 AutorInnen 172–172
- 173–182 Editorial Johan van der Walt Johan van der Walt 173–182
- 183–205 Legitimacy, The Social Turn and Constitutional Review: What Political Liberalism Suggests Frank I. Michelman Frank I. Michelman 183–205
- 206–211 Legitimation by Constitution and Socioeconomic Rights from a German Perspective Dieter Grimm Dieter Grimm 206–211
- 212–219 Political Liberalism or Political Right? A Commentary on Michelman’s Legitimacy, The Social Turn and Constitutional Review Martin Loughlin Martin Loughlin 212–219
- 220–223 Questions About Michelman’s Second Proceduralization Mark Tushnet Mark Tushnet 220–223
- 224–228 Legitimacy: The Social Turn and Constitutional Review: What political liberalism suggests: A Reply to Frank I. Michelman Dennis Davis Dennis Davis 224–228
- 229–244 The Dead End of the “Social Turn”: Social Cooperation as the Foundation of Legitimacy Thorsten Fuchshuber Thorsten Fuchshuber 229–244
- 245–270 Towards a Social-Liberal Vaccine for Neoliberalism: Michelman’s Antipoverty Project and the Principle of Legal Immunization Brian W. Nail Brian W. Nail 245–270
- 271–283 Political Liberalism and Civil Disobedience: The Morgentaler Affair Revisited Richard Mailey Richard Mailey 271–283
- 284–302 Constitutionalization of Socio-Economic Rights at the EU Level: Some Critical Notes Orsola Razzolini Orsola Razzolini 284–302
- 303–338 Delegitimation by Constitution? – Liberal Democratic Experimentalism and the Question of Socio-economic Rights Johan van der Walt Johan van der Walt 303–338
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KritV Kritische Vierteljahresschrift für Gesetzgebung und Rechtswissenschaft , page 229 - 244

The Dead End of the “Social Turn”: Social Cooperation as the Foundation of Legitimacy

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Thorsten Fuchshuber

DOI
- doi.org/10.5771/2193-7869-2015-3-229
- ISSN: 2193-7869
- ISSN online: 2193-7869
Abstract

The question of the legitimacy of an existing political order is not only raised by legal theorists. It can be found at the center of almost every political philosophy. While the state is the predominant form of political order in present-day societies, in democratic societies the state can be understood as the political form of society. That said, the question of a political order’s legitimacy is ultimately a question of the legitimacy of the way the society is organized, not the least of which is its mode of producing and reproducing itself. This does not necessarily mean that, while discussing the legitimacy of a political order or the state, questions related to a society’s mode of production will be raised explicitly. As legal theorist Otto Kirchheimer stated in his famous essay on “Legality and Legitimacy” as early as 1932, in parliamentary democracies, “the legitimacy of their political order consists solely of their legality.” The concept of legality, according to Kirchheimer, is not focused on “the lawful emergence, but, first and foremost, [on] the lawful exercise of power.”
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