Anarchy and legal order law and politics for a stateless society
This book elaborates and defends the idea of law without the state. Animated by a vision of peaceful, voluntary cooperation as a social ideal and building on a careful account of non-aggression, it features a clear explanation of why the state is illegitimate, dangerous and unnecessary. It proposes...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2013
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| Collection: | Cambridge Books Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | This book elaborates and defends the idea of law without the state. Animated by a vision of peaceful, voluntary cooperation as a social ideal and building on a careful account of non-aggression, it features a clear explanation of why the state is illegitimate, dangerous and unnecessary. It proposes an understanding of how law enforcement in a stateless society could be legitimate and what the optimal substance of law without the state might be, suggests ways in which a stateless legal order could foster the growth of a culture of freedom, and situates the project it elaborates in relation to leftist, anti-capitalist and socialist traditions |
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| Physical Description: | xvi, 416 pages digital |
| ISBN: | 9781139424899 |