Legality and Legitimacy

This text investigates one of the oldest questions of legal philosophy - the relationship between law and legitimacy. It analyses the legal theories of three public lawyers of the Weimar era, Carl Schmitt, Hans Kelsen, and Hermann Heller.

First sentence: The relationship between legality and legitimacy is one of the most important themes in legal and political philosophy.

Year

1997

Language

English

Publisher

Oxford University Press, USA

Editions

1

Pages

298

ISBN

9780198298465

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