Boundaries of authority / A. John Simmons.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Simmons, A. John (Alan John), 1950- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Territory, National--Philosophy.

Territory, National.

Jurisdiction, Territorial--Philosophy.

Jurisdiction, Territorial.

Nation-state.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 263 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Modern states claim (and exercise) rights of jurisdiction and control over particular geographical areas and their associated natural resources. Boundaries of Authority explores the possible moral bases for such territorial claims by states, in the process arguing that many of these territorial claims in fact lack any moral justification.

Contents:

Part I Political Authority and State Boundaries

1. Authority: Practical, Political, Territorial

2. Disobedience, Nonideal Theory, and Historical Illegitimacy

3. Kantian Functionalism and the Boundary Problem

Part II States' Territorial Rights

4. Territorial Rights: Justificatory Strategies

5. A Lockean Voluntarist Account

6. Alternative Approaches

Part III Property and Territory

7. Rights Supersession

8. Resource Rights

9. Borders.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-063157-0

0-19-060350-X

0-19-060349-6