Legality, legitimacy and the form of political power: On the construction of a false antinomy

Journal of Power

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 293-316

  Thornhill, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antinomies of metaphysics; Historical functional method; Legality; Legitimacy; Normative analysis; Political exceptionalism; Rights

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053604358     PISSN: 17540291     EISSN: 17540305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17540291.2010.524791     Document Type: Article

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