The Authority of the State
by
Leslie Green
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Clarendon Paperbacks
ISBN-10
0198273134
ISBN-13
9780198273134
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Imprint
Clarendon Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 5th, 1990
Print length
284 Pages
Weight
372 grams
Dimensions
21.70 x 14.20 x 1.80 cms
Product Classification:
Social & political philosophyPolitical science & theoryJurisprudence & philosophy of law
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Drawing together political philosophy, jurisprudence, and public choice theory, this study forces the reader to reconsider some basic assumptions about the authority of the state. Various popular theories - conventionalism, contractarianism, and communitarianism - are assessed by the author.
The modern state claims supreme authority over the lives of all its citizens. Drawing together political philosophy, jurisprudence, and public choice theory, this book forces the reader to reconsider some basic assumptions about the authority of the state. Various popular and influential theories - conventionalism, contractarianism, and communitarianism - are assessed by the author and found to fail. Leslie Green argues that only the consent of the governed can justify the state''s claims to authority. While he denies that there is a general obligation to obey the law, he nonetheless rejects philosophical anarchism and defends civility - the willingness to tolerate some imperfection in institutions - as a political virtue.
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