Political legitimacy / edited by Jack Knight and Melissa Schwartzberg.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Knight, Jack, 1952- editor.

Schwartzberg, Melissa, 1975- editor.

American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy, sponsoring body.

Series:

Nomos ; 61.

Nomos ; LXI

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Legitimacy of governments.

Sovereignty.

Physical Description:

xii, 393 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, [2019]

Contents:

Introduction / Melissa Schwartzberg

Part I. Foundations of legitimacy : autonomy, assent, and obligation. Legitimacy and self-determination / Anna Stilz ; In defense of functionalism / Jonathan Quong ; Is political legitimacy worth promoting? / Amanda R. Greene ; The sovereign and the republic : a republican view of political obligation / Ekow N. Yankah

Part II. The justification of institutional authority. Political legitimacy under epistemic constraints : why public reasons matter / Fabienne Peter ; Legitimacy as a right to err / Daniel Viehoff ; Official intentions and political legitimacy : the case of the travel ban / Micah Schwartzman ; The political legitimacy of international NGOs / Jennifer C. Rubenstein

Part III. Beliefs about legitimacy and compliance. Evaluating consensual models of governance : legitimacy-based law / Tom R. Tyler ; On the empirical measurement of legitimacy / Jeffrey A. Lenowitz ; The empirical study of legitimate authority : normative guidance for positive analysis / Sanford C. Gordon and Gregory A. Huber ; Trustworthy government and legitimating beliefs / Margaret Levi.

Notes:

"This volume of NOMOS ... emerged from papers and commentaries given at the annual meeting of the American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy, held in conjunction with the annual meeting of the American Philosophical Association, Central Division, in Kansas City, Missouri, on March 1-2, 2017."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781479888696

1479888699

OCLC:

1054260328