Legitimitet i legalitet. Problem utemeljenja filozofije prava
Legitimacy and Legality. The Problem of Foundation of Philosophy of Right

Summary/Abstract: This paper explores the possibility of defining the principle of philosophy of right as a concept of legitimacy. By legitimacy is not meant the principle of legitimisation of political government. Legitimacy, in philosophical context, can be expressed as unique corpus of fundamental notions of justice and freedom, on which every concept of right must rest, and only then also every political system that aims for recognition. Legitimacy cannot be drawn from legality, but very concept of right – as an order of agency which stands in unity with and differs itself from other orders of agency – must be derived from the concept of legitimacy. Historically expressed through concepts of justice and freedom, principle of legitimacy allows us to determine immanent logic of praxis and by that also of praxis of right.

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