The Rule of law as a democratic principle of legitimacy: the views of Jürgen Habermas and Otfried Höffe

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2001
Tombuş, Ertuğ H.

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E. H. Tombuş, “The Rule of law as a democratic principle of legitimacy: the views of Jürgen Habermas and Otfried Höffe,” Middle East Technical University, 2001.