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Legality and Legitimacy

by David Dyzenhaus · 1997

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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.

Legitimacy of governmentsPolitics and governmentRule of lawKelsen, hans, 1881-1973Germany, politics and government, 1918-1933Schmitt, carl, 1888-1985