Download or read book Legitimacy Illegitimacy and the Right to Rule written by Gordon K. Oeste and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2012-02-04 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the portrayal of the rise, reign, and demise of Abimelech in Judges 9 and asks about whose interests this portrayal may have served. The negative depiction of Abimelech's kingship in this chapter, coupled with Gideon's rejection of kingship in Judges 8:22-23, has led interpreters to view the passage as anti-monarchic. This perspective clashes with the pro-monarchic stance of Judges 17-21. However, while the portrayal of Abimelech's kingship is negative, it may yet have served as a legitimation strategy for the monarchy. In support, this study examines Judges 9 through three methodological lenses: a narrative analysis, a rhetorical analysis and a social scientific analysis. In addition, anthropological data on early and developing states shows that such states attempt to prevent fissioning (the tendency inherent within political systems to break up and form other similar units) by subverting local leaders, groups, and institutions, and so legitimate the centralization of power. When read in this light, Judges 9 supports monarchic interests by seeking to subvert localized rule and alliances in favor of a centralized polity.
Download or read book Legitimacy Illegitimacy and the Right to Rule written by Gordon K. Oeste and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the portrayal of the rise, reign, and demise of Abimelech in Judges 9 and asks about whose interests this portrayal may have served. The negative depiction of Abimelechs kingship in this chapter, coupled with Gideons rejection of kingship in Judges 8:22-23, has led interpreters to view the passage as anti-monarchic. This perspective clashes with the pro-monarchic stance of Judges 17-21. However, while the portrayal of Abimelechs kingship is negative, it may yet have served as a legitimation strategy for the monarchy. In support, this study examines Judges 9 through three methodological lenses: a narrative analysis, a rhetorical analysis and a social scientific analysis. In addition, anthropological data on early and developing states shows that such states attempt to prevent fissioning (the tendency inherent within political systems to break up and form other similar units) by subverting local leaders, groups, and institutions, and so legitimate the centralization of power. When read in this light, Judges 9 supports monarchic interests by seeking to subvert localized rule and alliances in favor of a centralized polity.
Download or read book Legitimacy written by Arthur Isak Applbaum and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2019-11-19 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At an unsettled time for liberal democracy, with global eruptions of authoritarian and arbitrary rule, here is one of the first full-fledged philosophical accounts of what makes governments legitimate. What makes a government legitimate? The dominant view is that public officials have the right to rule us, even if they are unfair or unfit, as long as they gain power through procedures traceable to the consent of the governed. In this rigorous and timely study, Arthur Isak Applbaum argues that adherence to procedure is not enough: even a properly chosen government does not rule legitimately if it fails to protect basic rights, to treat its citizens as political equals, or to act coherently. How are we to reconcile every person’s entitlement to freedom with the necessity of coercive law? Applbaum’s answer is that a government legitimately governs its citizens only if the government is a free group agent constituted by free citizens. To be a such a group agent, a government must uphold three principles. The liberty principle, requiring that the basic rights of citizens be secured, is necessary to protect against inhumanity, a tyranny in practice. The equality principle, requiring that citizens have equal say in selecting who governs, is necessary to protect against despotism, a tyranny in title. The agency principle, requiring that a government’s actions reflect its decisions and its decisions reflect its reasons, is necessary to protect against wantonism, a tyranny of unreason. Today, Applbaum writes, the greatest threat to the established democracies is neither inhumanity nor despotism but wantonism, the domination of citizens by incoherent, inconstant, and incontinent rulers. A government that cannot govern itself cannot legitimately govern others.
Download or read book Governmental Illegitimacy in International Law written by Brad R. Roth and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When is a de facto authority not entitled to be considered a 'government' for the purposes of International Law? In this book, Brad Roth offers a detailed examination of collective non-recognition of governments.
Download or read book The Right to Rule written by Bruce Gilley and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2009-03-03 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Popular perceptions of a state's legitimacy are inextricably bound to its ability to rule. Vast military and material reserves cannot counter the power of a citizen's belief, and the more widespread the crisis of a state's legitimacy, the greater the threat to its stability. Even such established democracies as France and India are losing their moral claims over society, while such highly illiberal states as China and Iran enjoy strong showings of public support. Through a remarkable fusion of empirical research and theory, Bruce Gilley makes clear the link between political consent and political rule. Fixing a definition of legitimacy that is both general and particular, he is able to study the role of legitimacy as it has been maintained and lost in a diverse selection of societies. He begins by detailing the origins of state legitimacy and the methods governments have used to wield it best. He then considers the habits of less successful states, exploring how the process works across different styles of government. Gilley's unique approach merges a broad study of legitimacy and performance in seventy-two states with a detailed empirical analysis of the mechanisms of legitimation. The results are tested on a case study of Uganda, a country that, after 1986, began to recover from decades of civil war. Considering a range of explanations of other domestic and international phenomena as well, Gilley ultimately argues that, because of its evident real-world importance, legitimacy should occupy a central place in political analysis.
Download or read book Illegitimacy Law and Social Policy written by Harry D. Krause and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Legitimacy in International Law written by Rüdiger Wolfrum and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-02-26 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There has been intense debate in recent times over the legitimacy or otherwise of international law. This book contains fresh perspectives on these questions, offered at an international and interdisciplinary conference hosted by the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Law and International Law. At issue are questions including, for example, whether international law lacks legitimacy in general and whether international law or a part of it has yielded to the facts of power.
Download or read book Law and Illegitimate Child written by Hari Dev Kohli and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Book Is A Detailed Study Of The Concept Of Illegitimacy And Law And A Sincere Attempt To Explore That Aspect Of The Child Which Has Been Hitherto Ignored By The Society Knowingly As The Taint Of Illegitimacy Is Given To The Child By The Society Itself. Relying On Original And Secondary Sources Dharmsastras Authorities On Muslim, Jewish And Roman Law, International Instruments, Constitutions Of Countries, Works Of Eminent Scholars And The Various Statutes Enacted By Vast Majority Of Countries To Blur The Distinction Between Legitimate And Illegitimate Child, It First Examines The Institution Of Marriage And Sonship And Considers The Status Of Illegitimate Child Under The Scope Of Idealism Of Marriage And Sonship With Special Reference And In The Context Of Bioethics And Status Of Child. This Scholarly Work Covers The Global Perspective And Makes Detailed Analysis Of International Instruments And Varied Statutory Provisions Enacted In Other Countries Which Try To Depict The Illegitimate Children Are Not Non Person . They Are Humans. They Have A Right To Live With Dignity As All Children Born In Or Out Of Wedlock Shall Enjoy The Same Social Protection.Dr. Kohli Is Consciously Concerned That Thought Child Is A Divine Gift Yet His Status Depends Upon The Touchstone Of Wedlock And His Innocence Suffers For The Sins Committed By Others. It Is A Social Evil And Its Remedy Lies In The Vigorous Implementation Of The Most Sacred Ideals Of Human Rights And Social Justice And Any Derogatory Treatment Mated Out To Them Shall Be Ultra Vires Of The Constitution Of India, Consequently Militates Against The Sanctity Of Human Rights And Social Justice. No Doubt, Some Statutory Provisions Are Made In Hindu Law But They Are Half Backed Provisions Which Glaring Keeps The Distinction Still Alive Which He Wants To Remove And For That Purpose Besides Adopting Various Other Measures, Suggests A Legislation In India On The Pattern Of English Legitimacy Act.This Book Is Written As A Result Of His Interaction With Law Students, Law Teachers, Advocates, Judges, Legislators And Social Reformers And Fervently Hopes To Be Useful For All Those Who Are Interested In The Study Of This Subject.
Download or read book The Power of Legitimacy among Nations written by Thomas M. Franck and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1990-07-26 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although there is no international government, and no global police agency enforces the rules, nations obey international law. In this provocative study, Franck employs a broad range of historical, legal, sociological, anthropological, political, and philosophical modes of analysis to unravel the mystery of what makes states and people perceive rules as legitimate. Demonstrating that virtually all nations obey most rules nearly all of the time, Franck reveals that the more legitimate laws and institutions appear to be, the greater is their capacity for compliance. Distilling those factors which increase the perception of legitimacy, he shows how a community of rules can be fashioned from a system of sovereign states without creating a global leviathan.
Download or read book Dividing the State written by Paul Groarke and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-01-18 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The events of recent history affirm the urgent need for a satisfactory definition of the conditions under which a minority within a state has the legal right to secede. Although the concept of sovereignty has been progressively weakened, it still presents the major theoretical difficulty in this area. There is currently no source of international law that would give a legal body like a court the authority to recognize the division of an oppressive or illegitimate state into separate legal entities. This book accordingly argues for a global system of justice based on a domestic model of compulsory law. It considers some of the technical, procedural and evidentiary issues that would arise in instituting such a regime, and develops the conceptual framework essential for the provision of legal remedies for gross violations of our fundamental human rights.
Download or read book Justification and Legitimacy written by A. John Simmons and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains essays by A. John Simmons, perhaps the most innovative and creative of today's political philosophers.
Download or read book The Philosophy of International Law written by Samantha Besson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-04 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text contains 29 cutting-edge essays by philosophers and lawyers which address the central philosophical questions about international law. Its overarching theme is the moral and political values that should guide and shape the assessment and development of international law and institutions.
Download or read book Law and Legitimacy in the Supreme Court written by Richard H. Fallon and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2018-02-19 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Legitimacy and judicial authority -- Constitutional meaning : original public meaning -- Constitutional meaning : varieties of history that matter -- Law in the Supreme Court : jurisprudential foundations -- Constitutional constraints -- Constitutional theory and its relation to constitutional practice -- Sociological, legal, and moral legitimacy : today and tomorrow
Download or read book Norwegian Laws Concerning Illegitimate Children written by Norway and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dialogue on Monarchy in the Gideon Abimelech Narrative written by Albert Sui Hung Lee and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-02-01 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Dialogue on Monarchy in the Gideon-Abimelech Narrative, Albert Sui Hung Lee applies Bakhtin’s dialogism to uncover pro- and anti-monarchical voices in the Gideon–Abimelech narrative and the redactor’s intention of engaging exilic or post-exilic communities in an “unfinalized” dialogue of polity forms.
Download or read book Human Rights Legitimacy and the Use of Force written by Allen Buchanan and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-01-13 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The thirteen essays by Allen Buchanan collected here are arranged in such a way as to make evident their thematic interconnections: the important and hitherto unappreciated relationships among the nature and grounding of human rights, the legitimacy of international institutions, and the justification for using military force across borders. Each of these three topics has spawned a significant literature, but unfortunately has been treated in isolation. In this volume Buchanan makes the case for a holistic, systematic approach, and in so doing constitutes a major contribution at the intersection of International Political Philosophy and International Legal Theory. A major theme of Buchanan's book is the need to combine the philosopher's normative analysis with the political scientist's focus on institutions. Instead of thinking first about norms and then about institutions, if at all, only as mechanisms for implementing norms, it is necessary to consider alternative "packages" consisting of norms and institutions. Whether a particular norm is acceptable can depend upon the institutional context in which it is supposed to be instantiated, and whether a particular institutional arrangement is acceptable can depend on whether it realizes norms of legitimacy or of justice, or at least has a tendency to foster the conditions under which such norms can be realized. In order to evaluate institutions it is necessary not only to consider how well they implement norms that are now considered valid but also their capacity for fostering the epistemic conditions under which norms can be contested, revised, and improved.
Download or read book Illegitimacy Laws of the United States Analysis and Index written by Ernst Freund and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
