title: Legitimacy of democracy in the works by Max Weber and Сarl Schmitt
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metadata.value: Kirilenko, Viktor P.
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metadata.name: dc.contributor.author
metadata.value: Alekseev, Georgy V.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2020-03-04T13:13:59Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2020-03-04T13:13:59Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2018-09
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metadata.value: Kirilenko, Viktor P., Alekseev, Georgy V. 2018. Legitimacy of democracy in the works by Max Weber and Сarl Schmitt. Pravovedenie 62 (3): 501–517.
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/11701/spbu25.2018.305
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/17146
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: Identification of political regime’s legality and legitimacy by the German lawyer Carl Schmitt
  seems to be an attempt to solve the problem of unjust laws which is close to the idea of legitimate
  domination stated by Max Weber. Popularity of the legitimacy paradigm within the framework
  of political and legal discourse on its way towards the provision of rational government is
  often associated with an underestimation of democratic charisma’s role in legitimation when it
  is compared to the legal bureaucratic justification of government. Noting the fact that rationality
  is the most important and at the same time the least reasoned part of Max Weber’s social
  theory, we need to assess the potential of the bureaucracy in securing the ideals of the rule
  of law with an extreme caution. If Carl Schmitt’s position on the relationship between legality
  and legitimacy changed along with the development of political events of the 20th century, the
  ideas of Max Weber were modified during the translations of his works from German and gave
  to legitimacy deep textbook value. Decrease in chances of unjust law’s application requires
  certain legal culture that allows not only to question any formal prescription of the law and to
  test it for legitimacy, but also gives an opportunity to assess the legality of any democratic decision
  before it is implemented. Understanding the legitimacy of democracy depends largely
  on the ideology that dominates society, and the legal culture of the person that assesses the
  political regime. It is obvious in the context of political mistakes made during the first half of the
  twentieth century that the danger of underestimating the threats to the rule of law, originating
  both from illegitimate authorities and from unlawful political decisions. Historical experience
  underscores the need for a broad understanding of the rule of law state (Rechtsstaat) in a
  modern democracy, which simultaneously protects the formal legality and legitimacy of the
  political regime.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Pravovedenie;Volume 62; Issue 3
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: justice
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: legality
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: rule of law
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: government
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: motivation
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: domination
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: loyalty
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Legitimacy of democracy in the works by Max Weber and Сarl Schmitt
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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