Constitutional State

Zusatztext ...a fascinating and thought-provoking argument. Informationen zum Autor N.W.Barber is a Senior Law Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford. Klappentext The Constitutional State provides an original account of the nature of the state and its constitution. This account casts light on some of the central puzzles faced by writers on constitutions - such as the possibility of states to undertake actions and form intentions, and the moral significance of these actions for the state's citizens. Zusammenfassung The Constitutional State provides an original analytical account of the state and its associated constitutional phenomena. It presents the state as a form of social group, consisting of people, territory and institutions bound together by rules. The institutions of the state make a distinctive and characteristic claim over the people of the state, who, in turn, have a distinctive and characteristic relationship with these institutions. This account reveals the importance of at least two forms of pluralism - legal and constitutional. It also casts light on some of the more difficult questions faced by writers on constitutions - such as the possibility of states undertaking actions and forming intentions, the moral significance of these actions for the people of the state, and the capacity of the state to carry responsibility for acts between generations.

Product details

• Authors: N. W. Barber, N.W. Barber, Nick Barber, BARBER NICK
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.12.2010
• EAN: 9780199585014
• ISBN: 978-0-19-958501-4
• No. of pages: 214
• Series: Oxford Constitutional Theory; Oxford Constitutional Theory
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, LAW / Constitutional, Political science & theory, Political science and theory, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law