Doctrine that the political authority of the state is legitimate to some degree

The public services : a historical survey / W. Hardy Wickwar.

A protest by the French Communist Party against pharmaceutical companies' "profiting from suffering". Colour lithograph, 1971.

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The public services : a historical survey / W. Hardy Wickwar.

A protest by the French Communist Party against pharmaceutical companies' "profiting from suffering". Colour lithograph, 1971.