ABSTRACT
Our examination in Chapter 4 yielded the perpetuation of two regulative principles of legitimacy-religious liberty and abolition of the slave tradeand the disposal of two principles-sovereign absolutism (Augsburg) and the monarchical principle. Earlier, in Chapter 3, we postulated that thin regulative principles of legitimacy collapse under the weight of their own exclusivity and repressive force. Since they fail to substantiate democratic goods, resultant disparities and deprivations produce conditions pregnant with their overthrow. We also hypothesized that thick principles of legitimacy uphold democratic goods. Our cases thus far confirm both claims.
