Sovereignty's promise : the state as fiduciary / Evan Fox-Decent.
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Publication details:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Record id:
80384
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Series:
Oxford constitutional theory.
Subject:
Sovereignty.
Authority.
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.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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ISBN:
9780191732171
0191732176
Phys. description:
1 online resource (xviii, 283 p.).