Anarchy and Legal Order
Law and Politics for a Stateless Society
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Law, Jurisprudence, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science
| Author: | Gary Chartier | ISBN: | 9781139854474 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | Publication: | November 12, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Cambridge University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Gary Chartier |
| ISBN: | 9781139854474 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Publication: | November 12, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Cambridge University Press |
| Language: | English |
This book elaborates and defends the idea of law without the state. Animated by a vision of peaceful, voluntary cooperation as a social ideal and building on a careful account of non-aggression, it features a clear explanation of why the state is illegitimate, dangerous and unnecessary. It proposes an understanding of how law enforcement in a stateless society could be legitimate and what the optimal substance of law without the state might be, suggests ways in which a stateless legal order could foster the growth of a culture of freedom, and situates the project it elaborates in relation to leftist, anti-capitalist and socialist traditions.
This book elaborates and defends the idea of law without the state. Animated by a vision of peaceful, voluntary cooperation as a social ideal and building on a careful account of non-aggression, it features a clear explanation of why the state is illegitimate, dangerous and unnecessary. It proposes an understanding of how law enforcement in a stateless society could be legitimate and what the optimal substance of law without the state might be, suggests ways in which a stateless legal order could foster the growth of a culture of freedom, and situates the project it elaborates in relation to leftist, anti-capitalist and socialist traditions.
