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> A functional legal system is one of the qualifier for being a democracy.

While it is true (that you need a functioning legal system), it is also worth mentioning that a lot of regimes have excellently efficient legal systems and judicial branch that put any democratic system to shame.

The issue is what regulations you put in, how independent the judicial branch is and whether it is corrupt or not.




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