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LEGITIMACY, DEMOCRACY, AND RAZIAN AUTHORITY

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 September 2003

Scott Hershovitz
Affiliation:
Balliol College, Oxford

Extract

Joseph Raz has developed a highly detailed analysis of the nature of authority that accounts for its structure, the role it plays in practical reasoning, and the conditions under which it is legitimate. Raz's analysis, which has been evolving over the last few decades, is impressive in both scope and insight. With it, Raz dissolves many of the paradoxes and conundrums that have traditionally puzzled students of authority.

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© 2003 Cambridge University Press

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Footnotes

I would like to thank John Gardner and Dale Smith for helpful comments on earlier drafts. I would also like to extend special thanks to Joseph Raz for his generous assistance and patient tutelage.