Sovereignty and Liberty - A Study of the Foundations of Power

"Sovereignty and Liberty: The Foundations of Power is a study of the place of law in the idea of liberty. It addresses the reasons why law lies at the heart of a democratic model of government in order to consider how shifts in the conception of human existence have led to a crisis of our faith in laws capacity to guarantee liberty. Legal theorists and political scientists almost invariably consider the question of liberty as a matter of its more or less successful translation into politico-legal order, whether it be in terms of rational choice, ideological commitment or an idea of republican government. But, in so doing, they usually fail to consider the subtle mechanisms by which subjection to law informs the articulation of liberty. Sovereignty and Liberty engages this foundational question of public law and constitutional order, in order to consider the dramatic changes to the state-bound orders of Western societies that have occurred during the 20th century; especially as they relate to our disenchantment with sovereign power and the forms of community that have grown up around it. "--

Product details

• Authors: Amnon Lev, Amnon (University of Copenhagen Lev, Lev Amnon
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.03.2014
• EAN: 9780415706872
• ISBN: 978-0-415-70687-2
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, LAW / Jurisprudence, Jurisprudence & general issues, Political control and freedoms, Political Control & Freedoms, Jurisprudence and general issues