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Republican Legal Systems, Mortimer N.S. Sellers Jan 1998

Republican Legal Systems, Mortimer N.S. Sellers

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This paper discusses the basic attributes of republican legal systems. I will suggest that republican principles provide the only sound basis for a just legal order, and conclude that all laws in all jurisdictions deserve public deference only to the extent that they reflect republican structures of government and legislation.