Political Legitimacy and Democracy

2002/07/01 by Allen Buchanan · 672 citations
Business, Management and Accounting · Social Sciences · #Democracy #International Arbitration and Investment Law #International Development and Aid #Law #Legitimacy #Legitimation #Political science #Politics #Public administration #Sociology #Supreme court

paper · doi:10.1086/340313

published in Ethics 112(4), 689-719 (University of Chicago Press)

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