Coercion and the State

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Reidy, David A. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Riker, Walter J. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2008.
• Σειρά: The Philosophical Foundations of Law and Justice ; 2
• Θέματα: Law.; Political science.; Ethics.; Political philosophy.; Law > Philosophy.; Law, general.; Political Philosophy.; Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History.; Political Science.; Philosophy of Law.

A signal feature of legal and political institutions is that they exercise coercive power. The essays in this volume examine institutional coercion with the aim of trying to understand its nature, justification and limits. Included are essays that take a fresh look at perennial questions – what, if...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• What is Coercion?
• How Did There Come To Be Two Kinds of Coercion?
• On Coercion
• Undue Influence as Coercive Offers in Clinical Trials
• Coercion and the State: Justification and Limits
• Coercion, Justice, and Democracy
• Democratic Legitimacy and the Reasoned Will of the People
• John Brown's Duties: Obligation, Violence, and ‘Natural Duty’
• Coercion and the State: Legal Powers and Status
• Coercion, Neutrality, and Same-Sex Marriage
• The Cheshire Cat: Same-Sex Marriage, Religion, and Coercion by Exclusion
• Coercion and the State: National Security
• Indefinite Detention for Mega-Terrorists?
• The Great Right: Habeas Corpus
• Coercion and the International Order
• Coercion Abroad for the Protection of Rights
• Transnational Power, Coercion, and Democracy
• A Developmental Approach to the Legitimacy of Global Governance Institutions
• Global Economic Justice, Partiality, and Coercion
• International and Cosmopolitan Political Obligations.