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BL
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653704
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Fox-Decent, Evan.
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| Title & Author
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Sovereignty's promise : the state as fiduciary /\ Evan Fox-Decent.
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford :: Oxford University Press,, 2011.
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| Series Statement
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Oxford constitutional theory
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1 online resource (xviii, 283 p.).
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| ISBN
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9780191732171
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: 0191732176
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9780199698318
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0199698317
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Prologue: Hobbes and legal order -- Introduction: the state as fiduciary and the rule of law -- pt. 1. The Crown-native fiduciary relationship. Seeking sovereignty -- Some objections -- pt. 2. The fiduciary theory of the state. Fiduciary relationships and the presumption of trust -- The duty to obey the law -- pt. 3. The fiduciary nature of the rule of law -- Judicial ambivalence to public fiduciary duties -- Procedural fairness: a Pandora's box of legality -- Administrative law as solicitude: reasonable decision-making -- The rule of law and human rights.
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Arguing that the state and its people stand in a fiduciary relationship, 'Sovereignty's Promise' puts forward an account of political authority and its legal limits. In doing so it presents an argument for common law constitutionalism and a theoretical framework for understanding the requirements of the rule of law.
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Sovereignty.
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Authority.
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KZ4041.F69 2011
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