Overview#

Legitimacy is the right and acceptance of an authority, usually a governing law or a regime.[1]

With respect to Legitimacy, Philip Bobbit says:
The defining characteristic ... of a Constitutional Order is its basis for Legitimacy. [2]

The Constitutional Order of the industrial nation state, within which we currently live, promised: give us power and we will improve the material well-being of the nation.

More Information#

There might be more information for this subject on one of the following:

• Constitutional Order
• Legitimacy of Social Login
• Sovereignty

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• [#1] - Legitimacy_(political) - based on information obtained 2016-09-23
• [#2] - Self-Sovereign Identity and the Legitimacy of Permissioned Ledgers - based on information obtained 2016-09-23