• Consent as the Foundation of Political Authority - A Lockean Perspective 

      Dietrich, Frank (2014)
      The article focuses on the justification provided by classical contract theory for the right of states to enact laws and the corresponding obligation of political allegiance. At first the distinction between political ...
    • Individual Interest and Political Legitimacy 

      Dietrich, Frank (2009)
      Criticism of contract theory has always played an important role in Hartmut Kliemt's writings on political philosophy. Notwithstanding his objections to a consent-based justification of the state he has never subscribed ...