EN

Web page

Political Legitimacy

Fabienne Peter · Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy · 2023

Open publisher page ↗

Type: Web page
Author: Fabienne Peter
Accessed: 2026-09-01

Claims citing this source

1 claims

EstablishedMax Weber distinguished three grounds on which people may believe in the legitimacy of a political order: tradition, faith in the charisma of rulers, and trust in its legality, specifically the rationality of the rule of law.