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Fiduciaries of the Future: Deliberative Democracy, Constitutions and the Interests of Future Generations

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dc.contributor.author Bullock, David
dc.date.accessioned 2012-07-20T01:12:23Z
dc.date.accessioned 2022-11-01T22:26:55Z
dc.date.available 2012-07-20T01:12:23Z
dc.date.available 2022-11-01T22:26:55Z
dc.date.copyright 2011
dc.date.issued 2011
dc.identifier.uri https://ir.wgtn.ac.nz/handle/123456789/28079
dc.description.abstract How society protects the interests of future generations is a defining problem of our times. A prima facie position that the future is owed obligations by the present withholds objection. On this basis, this paper examines a theoretical basis for incorporating obligations to the future into the decision making process of the present, through the medium of deliberative democracy. A number of proposals are assessed in light of this framework, including the creation of institutions to advocate for future generations, or proxy representation of future generations within legislatures. The use of constitutional protections are also considered, based on a contractualist framework, but these face significant difficulties, particularly in their language and around issues of standing. The paper concludes that creation of an institutional advocate to act as a fiduciary of future generations will have the greatest success, and practical feasibility, in approximating participation of the future and creating discourse on future related issues. en_NZ
dc.format pdf en_NZ
dc.language en_NZ
dc.language.iso en_NZ
dc.publisher Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington en_NZ
dc.subject Intergenerational equity en_NZ
dc.title Fiduciaries of the Future: Deliberative Democracy, Constitutions and the Interests of Future Generations en_NZ
dc.type Text en_NZ
vuwschema.contributor.unit School of Law en_NZ
vuwschema.subject.marsden 390103 Constitutionalism and Constitutional Law en_NZ
vuwschema.type.vuw Bachelors Research Paper or Project en_NZ
thesis.degree.discipline Law en_NZ
thesis.degree.grantor Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington en_NZ
thesis.degree.name Bachelor of Laws with Honours en_NZ


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