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Between Facts and Norms: Contributions to a Discourse Theory of Law and Democracy

Brendan Sweetman
- 01 Feb 1997 - 
- Vol. 51, Iss: 1, pp 153-155
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This article is published in Review of Metaphysics.The article was published on 1997-02-01 and is currently open access. It has received 2568 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Democracy.

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