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Originally Posted by whswhs
Do coups have that effect? It seems to me that many coups either transfer power from one clique to another, without changing the law in any significant way, or replace a government that has rule of law with one that has no concern with law, but dictates actions in particular cases without trying to provide general rules.
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It's fairly common to try to maintain a veneer of legitimacy by reference to an existing legal system, but with enough changes that it's not really the same system any more ('constitutional reform', etc).