Brief Considerations about the Relationship between Science and Public Decision

Brief Considerations about the Relationship
between Science and Public Decision

Guido Clemente di San Luca

Full Professor of Administrative Law, Department of Law, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli

The short essay outlines the relationship between science and public decision, highlighting the risk that the democratic institutional system runs when pluralism is not adequately guaranteed in the public debate on scientific statements.

Cet essai donne un aperçu de la relation entre science et prise de décision politique, en mettant l’accent sur le risque que le système institutionnel démocratique court quand le pluralisme n’est pas suffisamment garanti dans le débat public sur les affirmations scientifiques.