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Silje Aambø Langvatn
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Silje Aambø Langvatn

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førsteamanuensis

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Silje Aambø Langvatn

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førsteamanuensis

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Silje A. Langvatn er førsteamanuensis i politisk filosofi ved Senter for vitskapsteori (SVT). Ho har tidlegare hatt stilling som postdoktor ved SVT, postdoktor og forsker ved PluriCourts, Universitet i Oslo, Law & Philosophy fellow ved Yale Law School (2016) og Visiting Fellow ved Harvard Government Department (2009).

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Langvatn, S.A. (2024) Political legitimacy in Rawls’ Early and Late Political Liberalism – Two Diverging Interpretations. Philosophy & Social Criticism 2024 s. -
UiB 

This article is part of a special issue on Frank I. Michelman's recent book Constitutional Essentials (2022). It examines Michelman's interpretation of Rawls two conceptions of legitimacy –"The Liberal principle of legitimacy" and the later "Idea of political legitimacy based on the criterion of reciprocity" – and argues that Michelman's offers an interesting interpretation which suceeds in bringing out the distinctly institutional and practice-dependent nature of Rawls' way of understanding legitimacy. However, I go on to argue that Michelman's interpretation is too proceduralistic, and that it fails to grasp the most interesting developments in Rawls' latest conception of legitimacy (Rawls 1996-1997).

Langvatn, S.A. & Holst, C. (2022) Expert accountability: What does it mean, why is it challenging—and is it what we need? Constellations 00, 1– 16

When mistakes are made in political life, a standard remedy is to find someone to hold to account. But when experts who take part in governance make mistakes, they are seldom the ones who are held to account. So, is the solution to make these «unaccountable experts» more accountable? Not so quick, we argue. Case: The severe expert mistakes made in the preparation of the impact assessment report for opening the South Eastern Barents Sea for petroleum activity.

Holst, C., & Langvatn, S. A. (2021). Descriptive representation of women in international courts. Journal of Social Philosophy, 00, 1– 18

In a new article, Cathrine Holst and I revisit Mansbridge's article, "Should Blacks Represent Blacks, and Women Represent Women? A Contingent "Yes" (Jane Mansbridge 1999), which presented a systematic framework for evaluating the costs and benefits of such descriptive representation. Mansbridge developed her framework with elected assemblies in mind.

We look at how the calculus changes when the question is descriptive representation of women in international courts. For this type of institution, we argue, some of the costs of descriptive representation become costlier, and some of the benefits become weaker.