A Restatement of Democracy

Debates about democracy are everywhere. Extremists, whether on the streets of Washington or Brasilia, perpetrate violence under the banner of democracy. But what do we mean when we talk about democracy?

Pace | Haub Environmental Law Professor Joshua Galperin's article Restatement of Democracy, published in the Villanova Law Review, provides an analytically useful model of democracy that legal scholars can rely on when thinking about democratic institutions while at the same time championing an optimistic vision of democracy that can sustain constructive self-governance into the future.