The moral limits of law : obedience, respect, and legitimacy /
Ruth Higgins here analyses the related debates concerning the moral obligation to obey the law, conscientious citizenship, and state legitimacy, and argues that traditional accounts of political obligation that assume a bounded conception of the polity are no longer tenable.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2004.
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Table of Contents:
- The problem of conscientious obedience
- Respect for persons and law
- Consent, residence, and the democratic voice
- Community, identity, and joint commitment
- The burdens of benefit
- Benevolence and gratitude
- The implications of respect.