Definition of Auto limitation

1. Noun. Social control achieved as a manifestation of self-will or general consent.

Generic synonyms: Social Control

Lexicographical Neighbors of Auto Limitation

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auto limitation (current term)
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Literary usage of Auto limitation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Political Science Review (1918)
"Jhering found this accommodation in his theory of egoism and auto-limitation. The motive which impels the state to submit itself to law is the same as that ..."

2. The Essentials of International Public Law by Amos Shartle Hershey (1912)
"... through auto-limitation or auto-determination. But there are many instances where the relations between States are of such a nature that it cannot be ..."

3. Authority in the Modern State by Harold Joseph Laski, ( (1919)
"But this theory of auto-limitation is in reality meaningless;62 for to be bound only by one's will is not, in any real sense, to be bound at all. ..."

4. Law in the Modern State by Léon Duguit (1919)
"It remained for M. Ihering to invent, and M. Jellinek to develop, the ingenious theory of auto-limitation. ..."

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