Amnon Lev

Sovereignty and Liberty (eBook, ePUB)

A Study of the Foundations of Power

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Sovereignty and Liberty: A Study of 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 law's capacity to guarantee liberty.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. März 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134583409
• Artikelnr.: 40823708

Autorenporträt

Amnon Lev is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen. His research focuses on the nexus of philosophy and political form. Previous publications include: Filosofi og Politisk Tænkning hos Aristoteles (Philosophy and Political Thought in Aristotle).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. The Turn to Civil Community in Late Medieval Thought 2.
Between City and Empire: The Quest for Unity 3. Hobbes and the Construction
of Sovereign Power 4. The Precarious Balance of the Commonwealth 5. History
and Reconciliation: Hegel and the Passing of Natural Law 6. Enlightenment:
Hegel's Theory of State 7. A World A-drift: From Sovereign Power to
Executive Power Conclusion: A death that mattered Bibliography