Why the law matters to you : citizenship, agency, and public identity /
This book develops an account of legality that identifies the law as a constitutive feature of the identities of citizens of modern states. The law co-constitutes practical identities by maintaining the external preconditions that are necessary for actions performed under its authority. The book is...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin :
De Gruyter,
2013
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| Series: | Practical philosophy ;
v. 16. |
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | This book develops an account of legality that identifies the law as a constitutive feature of the identities of citizens of modern states. The law co-constitutes practical identities by maintaining the external preconditions that are necessary for actions performed under its authority. The book is a defense of the necessity of social institutions that employs resources from action theory as well as from social, political, and legal philosophy. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (276 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-267) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783110324563 3110324563 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
