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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453868503321

Autore

Martin Rex

Titolo

A system of rights [[electronic resource] /] / Rex Martin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Clarendon Press

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1993

ISBN

1-281-98119-2

9786611981198

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (448 p.)

Disciplina

323/.01

Soggetti

Political rights

Natural law

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [417]-432) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. On the Logic of Justifying Political Authority -- 2. The Concept of Rights -- 3. Rights as Valid Claims -- 4. Human Rights -- 5. Civil Rights -- 6. Democratic Institutions -- 7. Democracy and Rights -- 8. Allegiance and the Place of Civil Disobedience -- 9. Justifying Coercion: The Problem of Punishment -- 10. Modes of Punishment -- 11. The Right of Inmates to Work -- 12. A System of Rights -- 13. Critical Justification -- Notes to Chapters -- Appendix: Addendum to Chapter 7 -- Select Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

In this paperback edition of a highly successful study, Professor Martin provides an original solution to one of the long-standing issues of political philosophy: the justification of political authority. The author constructs a model political system in which certain kinds of political rights are emphasized, and discusses what the implications of such a system might be for democratic institutions, political allegiance, punishment, and ultimately for the nature of authority itself.