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Jurisprudence

Selected Works

1987

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Disclosing Tilt: A Partial Defense Of Critical Legal Studies And A Comparative Introduction To The Philosophy Of The Law-Idea, David Caudill Jul 1987

Disclosing Tilt: A Partial Defense Of Critical Legal Studies And A Comparative Introduction To The Philosophy Of The Law-Idea, David Caudill

David S Caudill

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A Legal Theory Of Revolutions, Ali Khan Dec 1986

A Legal Theory Of Revolutions, Ali Khan

Ali Khan

A legal theory of revolutions presents the principle of social approval. In order to determine the legitimacy of a revolution in the legal sense, the principle of social approval focuses upon the critical significance of succession rules. The normative statement that a legislator has the right to make laws presupposes the existence of the rule, in the social group, under which he has this right. This rule is the succession rule. A revolution occurs when a person usurps power in violation of the existing succession rules. The revolution is lawful if new succession rules given by the usurper enjoy social …