Democracy in Its Essence: Hans Kelsen as A Political Thinker - Paperback

by Sara Lagi (Author)

Democracy in Its Essence analyzes Hans Kelsen's political theory as a pluralist, relativist, constitutional, proceduralist, and liberal theory of representative democracy, characterized by its strong recall to the values of tolerance, responsibility, and respect toward "the other" as well as to the idea of politics as space for compromise.

Author Biography

Sara Lagi is associate professor of history of political thought at the University of Turin.