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Peter, Fabienne, "Political Legitimacy", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Summer 2017 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = <https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2017/entries/legitimacy/>.
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@InCollection{sep-legitimacy,
	author       =	{Peter, Fabienne},
	title        =	{Political Legitimacy},
	booktitle    =	{The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy},
	editor       =	{Edward N. Zalta},
	howpublished =	{\url{https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2017/entries/legitimacy/}},
	year         =	{2017},
	edition      =	{Summer 2017},
	publisher    =	{Metaphysics Research Lab, Stanford University}
}