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Foundations of Sovereignty explores how authority, association, and law shape modern political life.
It examines the long history of ideas—from the Counter-Reformation to the rise of the secular state—that still informs how we think about liberty, personality, and power.
The book delves into how corporations and voluntary associations are viewed as distinct from their individual members, and what that means for justice, responsibility, and governance. It considers how courts have treated collective life, changes in subscription and rulemaking, and the tension between unity and individual freedom. Across these discussions, it illuminates how states defend or restrict personality in the public realm and why toleration matters for political life.
- How sovereignty and personality interact in corporations, trusts, and associations.
- Legal perspectives on change, contract, and the rights of members within groups.
- Historical threads connecting religious toleration, state power, and modern governance.
- Foundations of liberty and why political authority should accommodate diverse viewpoints.
Ideal for readers of political theory, legal history, and social philosophy who want to understand how ideas about association and authority have shaped the modern state.
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Harold J. Laski (1893-1950) was an esteemed British political scientist, economist, author, and lecturer. He taught at McGill and Harvard Universities. From 1926 until his death he was professor of political science at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His works includeKarl Marx, Democracy in Crisis, The American Presidency, and The Rise of European Liberalism.
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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book explores the evolving concept of sovereignty throughout Western civilization, investigating the historical, social and institutional factors that have shaped its development. The author argues that the notion of sovereignty as unlimited and indivisible authority is a relatively recent construction, and traces its emergence from the medieval concept of a unified Christian commonwealth. The book examines how this transformation paralleled the rise of nation-states and the decline of the Church's temporal power, and explores the ideas of prominent thinkers such as Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau who have influenced our understanding of sovereignty. Ultimately, the author challenges the simplistic notion of sovereignty as a single, all-powerful entity and emphasizes the complex and multifaceted nature of political authority in modern societies. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Seller Inventory # 9781334463389_0
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