Constitutional Violence : : Legitimacy, Democracy and Human Rights / / Antoni Abat i Ninet.
If constitutional legitimacy is based on violence, what does this mean for democracy?Almost every state in the world has a written constitution and, for the great majority, the constitution is the law that controls the organs of the state. But is a constitution the best device to rule a country?West...
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