Duty of Allegiance - The Legitimacy of Disloyalty as a Rationale for Treason Law in the Social Contract Paradigm

The crime of treason and its related offences are among the oldest in our criminal system and have always relied on the assumption that the citizen is subject to a duty of allegiance towards the State. This is commonly justified through the use of the social contract methodological device. Considering the historical background of political misuses associated with crimes against the State, this book challenges the assumption that the citizens ever consented to the obligation of loyalty in the original covenant.Specifically, this book advocates that there is no moral basis to assume that we would have consented to a duty of loyalty.

About the author

Vanessa Henri has a bachelor degree in law from the University of Quebec in Montreal and a master of law from McGill University.She won the Brian Dickson Medal for Best Advocacy during the 2012 Lenczner Slaght/CBA Gale Cup. She is actually a doctorate candidate and her interests include Canadian legal history, criminality and cybercriminality.

Product details

• Authors: Vanessa Henri
• Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Languages: English, German
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2015
• EAN: 9783659709173
• ISBN: 978-3-659-70917-3
• No. of pages: 120
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 220 mm x 6 mm
• Weight: 176 g
• Subject: Guides > Law, job, finance > Other law