The Moral Person of the State: Pufendorf, Sovereignty and Composite Polities

ISBN-13: 9781108403405 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 271 str.

Ben Holland

Opis

A new history of the idea of the modern state and its 'personality', showing the centrality of Pufendorf to its development and propagation.

Recenzje

'The chapters flow seamlessly, the writing is clear and efficient, and the use of both primary and secondary literatures is wide-ranging, informed, and apt.' Michael J. Seidler, The Review of Politics

Spis treści

Introduction. Body, souls, persons, states; Part I: 1. The constitution of the free person; 2. The constitution of the person of the state; Part II: 3. Continental appropriations: the moral person of the state and the law of nations; 4. Atlantic appropriations: breaking and making composite polities; 5. Anglo-German interpretations: the moral person of the state and the legal person of the state; Conclusion.