Sovereignty's promise the state as fiduciary

Arguing that the state and its people stand in a fiduciary relationship, 'Sovereignty's Promise' puts forward an account of political authority and its legal limits. In doing so it presents an argument for common law constitutionalism and a theoretical framework for understanding the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fox-Decent, Evan
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2011, 2011
Series:Oxford constitutional theory / Oxford constitutional theory
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Collection: Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:Arguing that the state and its people stand in a fiduciary relationship, 'Sovereignty's Promise' puts forward an account of political authority and its legal limits. In doing so it presents an argument for common law constitutionalism and a theoretical framework for understanding the requirements of the rule of law
Physical Description:xviii, 283 p.
ISBN:9780191732171
0191732176