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Beteilige Person: Rubin, Edward L. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Princeton, N.J. Princeton University Press ©2005
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-453) and indexes
pt. 1. The structure of government -- pt. 2. Legal operations
This book argues that many of the basic concepts that we use to describe and analyze our governmental system are out of date. Developed in large part during the Middle Ages, they fail to confront the administrative character of modern government. These concepts, which include power, discretion, democracy, legitimacy, law, rights, and property, bear the indelible imprint of this bygone era's attitudes, and Arthurian fantasies, about governance. As a result, they fail to provide us with the tools we need to understand, critique, and improve the government we actually possess. Beyond Camelot expl
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource (viii, 471 pages)
ISBN:1400826624
9780691133973
9781400826629