A System of Rights

Erscheinungsjahr 1993
ISBN: 978-0-19-827374-5
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 446 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 834 g

The justification of political authority is one of the long-standing issues of political philosophy, and one which persistently defies satisfactory solution.

This book sets out to provide an original justification by establishing a background framework for dealing with this problem. The model political system that emerges is one in which certain kinds of political rights are emphasized. Rex Martin then discusses what the implications of such a system might be for democratic institutions, political allegiance, punishment, and ultimately for the nature of political authority itself.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Martin, Rex

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationale Menschen- und Minderheitenrechte, Kinderrechte
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- 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