Legitimacy and History

Legitimacy and History
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Publisher : Yale University Press
Total Pages : 280
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ISBN-10 : 9780300054996
ISBN-13 : 0300054998
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Book Synopsis Legitimacy and History by : Paul W. Kahn

Download or read book Legitimacy and History written by Paul W. Kahn and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For Americans, legitimate government means self-government. In this brilliant and disturbing analysis, Paul W. Kahn shows that the American Constitution itself makes self-government impossible. Constitutional theory, he argues, has been a history of failed attempts to resolve this paradox.


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