Legaliteit en legitimiteit : : de grondslagen van het recht / / Paul Cliteur, Afshin Ellian.

"Legaliteit en legitimiteit" takes one of the central problems of law and jurisprudence as its point of departure: what is the law? Adopting an intermediate position between legal positivism and natural law, this book reflects on the concept of 'liberal democracy' or 'consti...

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Place / Publishing House:Leiden : : Leiden University Press,, 2016.
Year of Publication:2016
Language:Dutch
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 274 pages) :; illustrations
Notes:Includes index.
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Other title:Legaliteit en legitimiteit
Summary:"Legaliteit en legitimiteit" takes one of the central problems of law and jurisprudence as its point of departure: what is the law? Adopting an intermediate position between legal positivism and natural law, this book reflects on the concept of 'liberal democracy' or 'constitutional democracy'. In five chapters the book analyses: (i) the idea of higher law, (ii) liberal democracy as a legitimate model for the state, (iii) the separation of church and state or secularism as essential for the democratic state, (iv) the universality of higher law principles, (v) the history of modern political thought. This interdisciplinary approach to jurisprudence is relevant for legal scholars, philosophers, political theorists, public intellectuals, historians, and politicians.
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Statement of Responsibility: Paul Cliteur, Afshin Ellian.