Purchasing Submission - Conditions, Power, and Freedom

Government¿s use of largess to secure consent to conditions all too often serves as an illicit pathway of power. This mode of control is part of the contemporary reality of American governance, and it therefore needs to be recognized alongside more familiar sorts of power, such as rule through law and administrative power.

About the author

Philip Hamburger is Maurice and Hilda Friedman Professor of Law at Columbia Law School and President of the New Civil Liberties Alliance. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, he is the author of Separation of Church and State, Law and Judicial Duty, and Is Administrative Law Unlawful?

Summary

Government’s use of largess to secure consent to conditions all too often serves as an illicit pathway of power. This mode of control is part of the contemporary reality of American governance, and it therefore needs to be recognized alongside more familiar sorts of power, such as rule through law and administrative power.

Product details

• Authors: Philip Hamburger, Hamburger Philip
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2021
• EAN: 9780674258235
• ISBN: 978-0-674-25823-5
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > International economy; LAW / Constitutional, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Censorship, Public Administration, Central / national / federal government, Ethical Issues: Censorship, Central government, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general, Public administration / Public policy, Ethical issues: censorship / freedom of expression