Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Université catholique de Louvain
JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY
Toon VANDEVELDE (KuLeuven) & Philippe VAN PARIJS (UCLouvain)
with the collaboration of post-doctoral scholars Bart ENGELEN (FWO, KuLeuven, Nenad STOJANOVIC (Hoover Fellow, UCLouvain) and Simon BIRNBAUM (Hoover Fellow, UCLouvain)
This year’s special theme will be the relationship between justice and democracy.
Is democracy a value in itself and, if so, is it part of justice or distinct from it, and if the latter, which of the two values should yield if they turn out to conflict?
On the other hand, if democracy is simply an instrument to be used for the sake of pursuing justice, how should it be designed? Should it be representative or direct, for example? If it is representative, should it use proportional representation or is a majority system more adequate? How universal should the suffrage be? Is there a good case for making the vote obligatory, for making sure it is secret, for preventing it from being sold?
Thursday October 2 (LLN, Dupriez):
10.30-12.30: General introduction (TV & PVP)
13.30-17: Theories of justice (PVP)
Thursday October 23 (Leuven, HIW):
10.30-12.30: Workshop with Costas Douzinas (Birkbeck), The normative sources of empire
13.30-17: Democracy: aggregative vs deliberative conceptions, intrinsic vs instrumental justifications (Bart Engelen, KuLeuven + TV/PVP)
Thursday October 30 (LLN, Dupriez):
10.30-12.30: Democracy and development (TV)
13.30-17: Electoral systems (Does justice require proportional representation?) (PVP)
Thursday November 6 (Leuven, HIW):
10.30-12.30: "Deliberative democracy versus transparency" (John Pitseys , UCLouvain Chaire Hoover)
13.30-17: Universal suffrage (Does justice require the children’s vote?) (PVP)
Thursday November 20 (Leuven, HIW):
10.30-12.30: Workshop with Rainer Forst (Frankfurt)
2-6: Ethical Forum at the University Foundation (Brussels) “University Rankings: from curse to blessing?”
Thursday December 4 (Leuven, HIW):
10.30-12.30: Workshop with Rainer Bauböck (EUI, Florence), Democratic citizenship, global justice and freedom of movement
13.30-17: Democratic design for divided societies (Nenad Stojanovic, UCLouvain Chaire Hoover & UniZürich + comment by Laurent de Briey and TV/PVP)
Thursday December 18 (LLN, Dupriez):
10.30-12.30: Legitimizing global egalitarianism: Justice vs. democracy? (Simon Birnbaum, UCLouvain Chaire Hoover & University of Stockholm)
13.30-17: Concluding session
Thursday March 5, 2009 (Leuven, HIW, room S)
10.30 - 11.45: Bart Engelen and Thomas Nys: Open Voting: Why The Secret Ballot Should Not Be A Sacred Cow
11.45 - 13.00: O'Neill, Corporations, the Basic Structure and Social Justice
14.00 - 15.15: Jonathan Sholl, Chantal Mouffe's Agonistic Democracy: A Call for Hegemony
Thursday March 19, 2009 (LLN, Dupriez)
9.30 - 10.30: Gilles Pierson: Justice and Democracy in a Risk Society
10.30 - 11.45: Kieran Oberman: Global Poverty and Freedom of Movement
11.45 - 12.45: Kim Jong Won: Deliberative Democracy (Rawls vs Habermas)
13.45 - 14.45: Etienne Hacken: European Democracy Beyond Nation State?
14.45 - 15.45: Dominic Martin, Politics, Economics and the Global Financial Crisis: What Lessons for Democracy?
