When you look at territorial disputes, there are good arguments on any sides. I think it's important that we don't take sides on legitimacy.
The issue with international institutions is that there is a crisis of legitimacy. Trust in these institutions is a serious problem.
The legitimacy of the leadership depends on what that country thinks of its leaders.
War and preparations for war have acquired a kind of legitimacy.
Global actions require local and national participation. International cooperation and action requires community perspectives and legitimacy if it is to be effective.
Drafting a constitution is only the first step. The constitution has to be granted legitimacy by open discussion and a fair, representative referendum.
The more material there is, the more need there is for filters. You don't need a printing press anymore, but you do need people who know how to cultivate sources, double-check information and put the brand of legitimacy on it.
The tragedy of America is that it entered all the wars with a consensus in favor of them, but within a defined period, the legitimacy of the war became a major domestic issue, with some people arguing that withdrawal was the only legitimate objective.
The Chinese government is quickly losing its ideological legitimacy, maintain its rule with force, but cannot draw strength from the ideology of Marx and Mao.
Government loses its claim to legitimacy when it fails to fulfill its obligations.
President Obama himself has attributed the legitimacy of the Jewish State not to its historic identity as Jewish territory, but to the Holocaust.
The Court's legitimacy arises from the source of its authority - which is, of course, the Constitution - and is best preserved by adhering to decision methods that neither expand nor contract but legitimize the power of judicial review.
