Samuel Pufendorf: Majority rule (logic, justification and limits) and forms of government

Social Science Information

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 99-109

  Pasquino, Pasquale ^a  

^a University of Nanterre   (France)

Author keywords

Democracy; Majority rule; Pufendorf

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649265558     PISSN: 05390184     EISSN: 14617412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0539018409354476     Document Type: Article

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