Equality and legitimacy / Wojciech Sadurski.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-253) and index.

Introduction -- 1. Law's Legitimacy and Democracy -- Legitimacy of Law and the "Service Conception" of Authority -- Authority and Identification of Valid Law -- Justification and Obligation -- Conclusion -- 2. Political Equality and Majority Rule -- Majority Rule and legitimacy: a Shortcut Link? -- Majority Rule and Intensity of Preferences -- Vote Trading and Equality -- Majority Rule, Unanimity and Equal Respect -- Majority Rule an the "Aggregation of Wills" -- Outcomes and Procedures: "Detached" and "Dependent" Conceptions of Democracy -- Equality of Influence, of Impact, and of Political Opportunity -- Equality of Political Opportunity and Majority Rule -- Conclusion -- 3. Legal Equality -- Equality before and in the Law -- Equality in Law: A Non-Negotiable, Fundamentally Ambiguous Ideal -- The "No Differential Treatment" Standard -- Per se Theories and Immutable Characteristics -- Relevance, Circularity, and Levels of Scrutiny -- Suspectness and Discrimination -- Conclusion -- 4. Social Equality (I): The Contours of Social Equality -- Social Equality: Individualized and Collective -- Self-Ownership and the "Extensions" of a Right over One's Body -- Self: Thick and Thin -- Common Pool of Natural Abilities? -- Conclusion -- 5. Social Equality (II): Luck Egalitarianism and Its Limits -- Luck and Responsibility in "Luck Egalitarianism" -- Luck Egalitarianism and Moral Intuitions about Equality -- Equality of Resources, of Welfare, and the Status of Preferences -- Persons, Circumstances and Talents in Luck Egalitarianism -- Resources and Welfare: Shortening the Gap -- How Egalitarian is Luck Egalitarianism?.

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