A system of rights / Rex Martin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martin, Rex.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political rights.

Natural law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (448 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-281-98119-2

9786611981198

OCLC:

313785971