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

dc.contributor.authorBullock, David
dc.date.accessioned2012-07-20T01:12:23Z
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-01T22:26:55Z
dc.date.available2012-07-20T01:12:23Z
dc.date.available2022-11-01T22:26:55Z
dc.date.copyright2011
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractHow 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.formatpdfen_NZ
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.wgtn.ac.nz/handle/123456789/28079
dc.languageen_NZ
dc.language.isoen_NZ
dc.publisherTe Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellingtonen_NZ
dc.subjectIntergenerational equityen_NZ
dc.titleFiduciaries of the Future: Deliberative Democracy, Constitutions and the Interests of Future Generationsen_NZ
dc.typeTexten_NZ
thesis.degree.disciplineLawen_NZ
thesis.degree.grantorTe Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellingtonen_NZ
thesis.degree.nameBachelor of Laws with Honoursen_NZ
vuwschema.contributor.unitSchool of Lawen_NZ
vuwschema.subject.marsden390103 Constitutionalism and Constitutional Lawen_NZ
vuwschema.type.vuwBachelors Research Paper or Projecten_NZ

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