Transnational Rule of Law, coercion, and human action

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In “What Makes a Transnational Rule of Law? Understanding the Logos and Values of Human Action in Transnational Law”, Veronica Rodriguez-Blanco explores the possibility—and opportunity—of the existence of a Rule of Law (from now on, RoL) on a transnational level. The aim of this paper is to briefly discuss some points related to various facets of Rodriguez-Blanco’s proposal: the correct question about the RoL and her particular view of human action (section 2); the type of explanation about rules, standards, regulations and principles (section 3); the definitions of RoL, coercion, and freedom (section 4); the parties of the relevant relationship and the notion of transnational law (section 5); and the structure of relevant relationships in national and transnational contexts (section 6). I will try, on the one hand, to show how these points could appear quite problematic and thus seem to undermine the integrity of Rodriguez-Blanco’s proposal, and on the other hand, to offer some suggestions as to how these problems could be solved to strengthen her proposal. With these comments, I will also try to indicate what I think are the most important points that should be considered in any sound discourse or proposal on these subjects. I will then conclude with some final remarks (section 7).

Transnacionalna vladavina prava, prisila in človekovo delovanje. V delu »Kaj tvori transnacionalno vladavino prava? Razumevanje logosa in vrednot človekovega delovanja v transnacionalnem pravu« Veronica Rodriguez-Blanco raziskuje možnost – in priložnost – obstoja vladavine prava na transnacionalni ravni. Namen tega prispevka je na kratko razpravljati o nekaterih točkah, povezanih z različnimi vidiki predloga Veronice Rodriguez-Blanco: pravilno vprašanje o vladavini prava in njen posebni pogled na človekovo delovanje (drugi razdelek); vrsta razlage pravil, standardov, predpisov in načel (tretji razdelek); definicije vladavine prava, prisile in svobode (četrti razdelek); stranke upoštevnega razmerja in pojem transnacionalnega prava (peti razdelek); in struktura ustreznih odnosov v nacionalnih in nadnacionalnih kontekstih (šesti razdelek). Avtorica si po eni strani prizadeva pokazati, kako bi se lahko te točke izkazale za precej problematične in tako spodkopale integriteto predloga Veronice Rodriguez-Blanco, po drugi strani pa poda nekaj predlogov, kako bi te težave lahko rešili v korist njenemu predlogu. S temi pripombami si tudi prizadeva nakazati, kaj so po njenem mnenju najpomembnejše točke, ki bi jih bilo treba upoštevati v vsakem zdravem diskurzu ali predlogu o teh temah. Sklene z nekaj končnimi pripombami (sedmi razdelek).