Rousseau, law and the sovereignty of the people / Ethan Putterman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Putterman., author.

Contributor:

Ethan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778.

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques.

Social contract.

Law--Political aspects--Philosophy.

Law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 187 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Rousseau, Law & the Sovereignty of the People

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Together with Plato's Republic, Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Social Contract is regarded as one of the most original examples of utopian political engineering in the history of ideas. Similar to the Republic, Rousseau's masterwork is better known today for its author's idiosyncratic view of political justice than its lessons on lawmaking or governance in any concrete sense. Challenging this common view, Rousseau, Law and the Sovereignty of the People examines the Genevan's contributions as a legislator and builder of institutions, relating his major ideas to issues and debates in twenty-first century political science. Ethan Putterman explores how Rousseau's just state would actually operate, investigating how laws would be drafted, ratified and executed, arguing that the theory of the Social Contract is more pragmatic and populist than many scholars assume today.

Contents:

Rousseau's concept of law

Agenda-setting and majority rule

Democracy and vote rigging

Popular sovereignty and the republican fear of large assemblies

Enforcing the laws in Poland and Corsica

Judging the laws/when legislation fails.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

ISBN:

0-511-84822-6

1-107-20871-8

1-282-65183-8

9786612651830

0-511-77534-2

0-511-77610-1

0-511-77352-8

0-511-77245-9

0-511-77686-1

0-511-77458-3

OCLC:

645098235