Look up legitimacy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Legitimacy, from the Latin legitimare meaning "to make lawful", may refer to: Legitimacy (criminal...
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In political science, legitimacy is the right and acceptance of an authority, usually a governing law or a regime. Whereas authority denotes a specific...
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Legitimacy, in traditional Western common law, is the status of a child born to parents who are legally married to each other, and of a child conceived...
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In common law, the "presumption of legitimacy" is a legal presumption that states that a child born within the subsistence of a marriage is presumed to...
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The legitimacy under international law of the 1999 NATO bombing of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia has been questioned. The UN Charter is the foundational...
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Legitimation crisis (redirect from Legitimacy crisis)
Suchman states three types of legitimacy: pragmatic legitimacy, moral legitimacy, and cognitive legitimacy. Pragmatic legitimacy relies upon the self-interests...
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a number of countries and individuals have challenged the political legitimacy of the state of Israel and/or its occupation of Arab territories. Over...
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Police legitimacy is the extent to which members of the public view the police as higher power authority figure, often measured in terms of the public's...
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Synthetic cannabinoids are a class of designer drug molecules that bind to the same receptors to which cannabinoids (THC, CBD and many others) in cannabis...
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The Legitimacy Theory of the Provisional Government (Korean: 임시정부 법통론 or 임정법통론; Hanja: 臨時政府 法統論 or 臨政法統論) claims that the Provisional Government of the...
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Open standard (redirect from Legitimacy of standards)
An open standard is a standard that is openly accessible and usable by anyone. It is also a common prerequisite that open standards use an open license...
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A dispute exists over the legitimacy of the 2003 invasion of Iraq. The debate centers around the question whether the invasion was an unprovoked assault...
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In law, "legitimacy" is distinguished from "legality" (see also color of law). An action can be legal but not legitimate or vice versa it can be legitimate...
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Linguistic prescription (redirect from Linguistic legitimacy)
Linguistic prescription is the establishment of rules defining preferred usage of language. These rules may address such linguistic aspects as spelling...
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Legitimation (redirect from Legitimacy and Legitimation)
legitimization (US), or legitimisation (UK) is the act of providing legitimacy. Legitimation in the social sciences refers to the process whereby an...
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Federal Analogue Act (redirect from Herbal High Legitimacy in the USA)
The Federal Analogue Act, 21 U.S.C. § 813, is a section of the United States Controlled Substances Act passed in 1986 which allows any chemical "substantially...
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It took several forms: Asserting the legitimacy of the exiled government, and by implication the lack of legitimacy of Vidkun Quisling's pro-Nazi regime...
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中国土上的本土哲学 (indigenous philosophy from Chinese soil). The debates over the legitimacy of Chinese philosophy primarily concern the indigenous philosophy of China...
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The Legitimacy Act 1931 (No. 13/1931) is an act created by the Oireachtas of Ireland in 1931. The purpose of the Legitimacy Act 1931 was to amend the...
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Roman emperor (section Succession and legitimacy)
alongside other Republican titles, notably consul and pontifex maximus. The legitimacy of an emperor's rule depended on his control of the Roman army and recognition...
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Conroy Louise Lehzen Lady Flora Hastings Charlotte Percy George Davys Legitimacy Honours Places Empire Day Royal Family Order Victoria Day Victoria Day...
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Dynasties of China (section Political legitimacy)
transition, numerous regimes established by rebel forces vied for control and legitimacy as the power of the ruling Sui dynasty weakened. Autonomous regimes that...
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Autocracy (section Legitimacy)
people or win their popular support. Autocrats may claim that they have legitimacy under a legal framework, or they may exert influence purely through force...
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are inaccurate synonyms. The term authority identifies the political legitimacy, which grants and justifies the ruler's right to exercise the power of...
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Chinese legitimacy question (Chinese: 中國代表權問題) is the question regarding the political legitimacy of representing "China", and what polity is considered...
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phrase consent of the governed refers to the idea that a government's legitimacy and moral right to use state power is justified and lawful only when consented...
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single, foundational historical narrative. This called into question the legitimacy of the Enlightenment account of progress and rationality. Critics allege...
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children are first-generation descendants and are a subset of issue. Legitimacy (family law) Primogeniture Royal bastard Royal descent Glenda K. Harnad...
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The Legitimacy Act 1926 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The purpose of the Legitimacy Act 1926 was to amend the law relating to children...
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democracies, oligarchies, and autocracies. In a democracy, political legitimacy is based on popular sovereignty. Forms of democracy include representative...
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