A comprehensive study of public reason for courts, with contributions from leading scholars in philosophy, political science and law.

Preface Silje A. Langvatn, Wojciech Sadurski and Mattias Kumm; 1. Taking Public Reason to Court: Understanding References to Public Reason in Discussions about Courts and Adjudication Silje Aambø Langvatn; Part I. Public Reason in Constitutional Courts: 2. Must Laws Be Motivated by Public Reason? Micah Schwartzman; 3. The Importance of Constitutional Public Reason Ronald C. Den Otter; 4. The Question of Constitutional Fidelity: Rawls on the Reason of Constitutional Courts Frank I. Michelman; 5. The Challenges of Islamic Law Adjudication in Public Reason Mohammad H. Fadel; 6. "We Hold these Truths to be Self-Evident": Constitutionalism, Public Reason and Legitimate Authority Mattias Kumm; 7. A Kantian System of Constitutional Justice: Rights, Trusteeship and Balancing Alec Stone Sweet and Eric Palmer; 8. Laws, Norms, and Public Justification: The Limits of Law as an Instrument of Reform Jacob Barrett and Gerald F. Gaus; Part II. Public Reason in International Courts and Tribunals: 9. European Court of Human Rights in Pursuit of Public Reason? A Study of Lost Opportunities Wojciech Sadurski; 10. The Right to Justification in the Context of Proportionality: A Plea for Determinacy and Stability Alain Zysset; 11. "Going Public:" Reasoning and Justification at the "World Trade Court" Sivan Agon Shlomo; Part III. Critical Perspective on Public Reason in Courts: 12. Constitutional Interpretation and Public Reason: Seductive Disanalogies Christopher F. Zurn.