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What sort of normativity binds constituent power, according to Rawls? Drawing on Frank Michelman&#8217;s article \u201cAlways under law?\u201d, I propose a \u201cliberal principle of constitutional legitimacy\u201d, designed to operate alongside Rawls&#8217;s \u201cliberal principle of legitimacy\u201d.<\/p><p>Biography<\/p><p>Alessandro Ferrara\u00a0is professor of political philosophy at the University of Rome Tor Vergata\u00a0and former president of the Italian Association for Political Philosophy. He is also the founder and director of the Colloquium\u00a0<i>Philosophy &#038; Society<\/i>\u00a0in Rome and the director of the\u00a0<i>Center for the Study of Religions and Political Institutions <\/i>in Post-Secular Society\u00a0at the University of Rome Tor Vergata. His most recent monographs include <i>Rousseau and Critical Theory (2017)<\/i>,<i>\u00a0The Democratic Horizon <\/i>(<i>2015,)<\/i> and <i>The Force of the Example. 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