Democracy as Good in Itself: Three Kinds of Non-Instrumental Justification

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Democracy as Good in Itself : Three Kinds of Non-Instrumental Justification. / Rostbøll, Christian F.

Constitutionalism Justified: Rainer Forst in Discourse. ed. / Ester Herlin-Karnell; Matthias Klatt. New York : Oxford University Press, 2020. p. 235-263.

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Harvard

Rostbøll, CF 2020, Democracy as Good in Itself: Three Kinds of Non-Instrumental Justification. in E Herlin-Karnell & M Klatt (eds), Constitutionalism Justified: Rainer Forst in Discourse. Oxford University Press, New York, pp. 235-263. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190889050.001.0001

APA

Rostbøll, C. F. (2020). Democracy as Good in Itself: Three Kinds of Non-Instrumental Justification. In E. Herlin-Karnell, & M. Klatt (Eds.), Constitutionalism Justified: Rainer Forst in Discourse (pp. 235-263). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190889050.001.0001

Vancouver

Rostbøll CF. Democracy as Good in Itself: Three Kinds of Non-Instrumental Justification. In Herlin-Karnell E, Klatt M, editors, Constitutionalism Justified: Rainer Forst in Discourse. New York: Oxford University Press. 2020. p. 235-263 https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190889050.001.0001

Author

Rostbøll, Christian F. / Democracy as Good in Itself : Three Kinds of Non-Instrumental Justification. Constitutionalism Justified: Rainer Forst in Discourse. editor / Ester Herlin-Karnell ; Matthias Klatt. New York : Oxford University Press, 2020. pp. 235-263

Bibtex

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