UID:
almafu_9960119718402883
Format:
1 online resource (xiii, 289 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
0-511-82619-2
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0-511-60618-4
Series Statement:
Political economy of institutions and decisions
Content:
This book models the emergence of the state, and the forces that shape it. State creation is bound to protection needs. A specialized protector-ruler is efficient, but is also self-seeking. Individuals will install a ruler only after they create a mechanism to control him. Among the offshoots of the organized protection are legal system and decision-making procedures that include voting. The initial 'state of nature' may gradually evolve into a rule-of-law state. The state endows individuals with rights by delineating what it will protect. Enforcement, however, is never perfect. People use third parties such as firms to enforce agreements. As commodities become standardized, scale economies increase. In order to exploit the economies of within-state enforcement, the state will expand the contact enforcement territory by treaty or by conquest. The force may explain the creation of rule-of-law empires.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
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Introduction --
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The Emergence of Protection and Third-Party Enforcement.
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The State and the Enforcement of Agreements.
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Third-Party Enforcement and the State.
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The Choice among Enforcement Forms.
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Anonymous Exchange, Mixed Enforcement, and Vertical Integration.
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Jurisdictional Issues.
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Collective Action and Collective Decisions.
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Tying the Protector's Hands: The Agreement between Subjects and Protector --
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The Emergence of Legal Institutions.
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Legal Rights.
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The State's Enhancement of Market Trade.
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The Size and Scope of the State --
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The Character of the State.
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Merger and Local Autonomy.
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The Distinction between "Legitimate" and "Criminal" States.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-00064-5
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-80605-4
Language:
English
Subjects:
Political Science
URL:
Volltext
(lizenzpflichtig)
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511606182
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