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Max Planck Encyclopedia of Comparative Constitutional Law [MPECCoL]

Intergenerational Justice

Rainer Grote

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Encyclopedia entries
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Max Planck Encyclopedia of Comparative Constitutional Law [MPECCoL]
Article last updated:
July 2021

From: Oxford Constitutions (http://oxcon.ouplaw.com). (c) Oxford University Press, 2023. All Rights Reserved.date: 11 December 2024

Subject(s):
Constitutions and international law — Constitutional processes — Comparative constitutional law — International law — Legislative accountability — Representative democracy

General Editors: Rainer Grote, Frauke Lachenmann, Rüdiger Wolfrum
Managing Editor: Martina Mantovani

1 ‘Intergenerational justice’ refers to a structural problem of democratic governance, ie the need for politicians to convince the electorate every four or five years that the policies they advertise or have implemented are perfectly attuned to the needs and preferences of present voters, thereby creating incentives to neglect long-term considerations and the needs of future generations. On the other hand, those same politicians are often required to take decisions on energy, environmental, financial, or infrastructure policy, which shape the future for many years...
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