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Results for 'legitimacy'

The Administrative Agon: A Democratic Theory for a Conflictual Regulatory State

settled. Relying on this shaky and unrealistic assumption to build an account of the administrative state’s democratic legitimacy has always been

Technocratic Pragmatism, Bureaucratic Expertise, and the Federal Reserve

legitimacy to carry out core historical functions. On the other, hewing too closely to precedent and existing expertise risks institutional failure of a

We the People: Each and Every One

constitutional legitimacy; it is the problem that requires a normative solution. As an alternative to collective or majoritarian conceptions of popular

Federal Sentencing Error as Loss of Chance

in that error—weigh in favor of cognizability. II. the advisory guidelines system’s continued legitimacy Characterizing sentencing error as loss of

Forum: Corruption: Greed, Culture, and the State

conceptual reversals, Part IV develops my own “democratic legitimacy” approach. It stresses the way pervasive corruption undermines the competence

Forum: In Praise of the Supporting Cast

continue to disagree about which outcome is, in principle, right. Adjudication achieves this legitimacy by bringing disputants into affective

Forum: Community Policing as a Counter to Bias in Policing: A Personal Perspective

agency that is serious about procedural justice and legitimacy designs its recruitment policies to weed out such people. But my on-the-job experience, as

Jury Selection as Election: A New Framework for Peremptory Strikes

peremptory strikes: democratic legitimacy. The selection of jurors is analogous to the election of political representatives. Political elections give

Forum: Clauses Not Cases

this practice is justified on grounds of democratic legitimacy; and third, that it is best implemented by asking nominees “to explain the grounds on

Forum: Pluralism, Polarization, and the Common Good: The Possibility of Modus Vivendi Legal Ethics

legitimacy as it does to communitarian or republican accounts. Pluralists observe that human goods are diverse, sometimes conflicting, and cannot be