Corey Brettschneider, Democratic Rights: The Substance of Self-Government (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press , 2007).
2.
For a good discussion of this topic, see Frank Lovett, “Can Justice Be Based on Consent?” Journal of Political Philosophy12, no. 1 ( 2004): 79-101.
3.
Brettschneider, Democratic Rights, 57.
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This view is in contrast to that of theorists of deliberation, most notably Amy Gutmann and Dennis Thompson. See Amy Gutmann and Dennis Thompson, Democracy and Disagreement (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1996).
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Phillip Pettit , “Deliberative Democracy and the Discursive Dilemma,” Philosophical Issues11, supp. to Nous (2001): 268-99.
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This does not entail that issues of procedure are irrelevant to democratic legitimacy. See my claims about democratic outcomes as one aspect of an ideal democracy in Corey Brettschneider, “Balancing Procedures and Outcomes within Democracy: Core Values and Judicial Review,” Political Studies53, no. 2 (June 2005): 423-41.
