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Democratic Contractualism and the Justification of Punishment: A Review of Corey Brettschneider’s Democratic Rights

Corey Brettschneider. Democratic Rights: The Substance of Self-Government. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2007; paperback, 2010; pp. x + 179

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Dagger, R. Democratic Contractualism and the Justification of Punishment: A Review of Corey Brettschneider’s Democratic Rights . Criminal Law, Philosophy 7, 161–167 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11572-012-9185-6

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