Leviathan on a leash : a theory of state responsibility / Sean Fleming.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fleming, Sean, 1990- author.

Series:

Princeton scholarship online.

Princeton scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

State, The.

Government accountability.

Government liability.

Administrative responsibility.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2021.

Summary:

States are commonly blamed for wars, called on to apologize, held liable for debts and reparations, bound by treaties, and punished with sanctions. But what does it mean to hold a state responsible as opposed to a government, a nation, or an individual leader? Under what circumstances should we assign responsibility to states rather than individuals? This book demystifies the phenomenon of state responsibility and explains why it is a challenging yet indispensable part of modern politics.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Abbreviations of Hobbes’ Works

Introduction: State Responsibility and Corporate Personality

1. The Idea of State Responsibility

2. The Three Fundamental Questions

3. Back to Hobbes

4. The Structure of the Book

1. The Agential and Functional Theories of State Responsibility

5. States as Moral Agents: The Agential Theory

6. States as Legal Persons: The Functional Theory

7. The Limitations of the Agential and Functional Theories

2. Hobbes and the Personality of the State

8. The Skinner–Runciman Debate

9. The Two Faces of Personhood

10. Hobbes’ Theory of the State

11. Artificial Men and Artificial Animals

12. The Hobbesian Theory of State Responsibility

3. Attribution: The Question of Ownership

13. General and Personal Responsibilities

14. The Conditions for Attribution

15. A Hobbesian Account of Attribution

16. From Attribution to Responsibility

17. Impersonation of the State

4. Succession: The Question of Identity

18. The Concept of Corporate Identity

19. The Conditions for Corporate Identity

20. Changes in a Single State

21. Relational Changes

22. Non-Identity

5. Distribution: The Question of Fulfilment

23. The Problem of Distribution

24. The Conditions for Distribution

25. The Division of Liability

26. Non-Fulfilment

Conclusion The Future of State Responsibility

27. International Criminal Law

28. The Proliferation of Treaties

29. Cyborg States and Robotic Representatives

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on May 5, 2021).

Previously issued in print: 2020.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780691206462

0691206465

OCLC:

1201225056