TY  - BOOK
AU  - Barzel,Yoram
TI  - A theory of the state: economic rights, legal rights, and the scope of the state 
T2  - Political economy of institutions and decisions
SN  - 0521806054
AV  - JC11 .B385 2002
U1  - 320.1 21
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Cambridge, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - State, The
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-281) and index; 1; Introduction --; 1; The Emergence of Protection and Third-Party Enforcement; 2; The State and the Enforcement of Agreements; 3; Third-Party Enforcement and the State; 4; The Choice among Enforcement Forms; 5; Anonymous Exchange, Mixed Enforcement, and Vertical Integration; 6; Jurisdictional Issues; 7; Collective Action and Collective Decisions; 8; Tying the Protector's Hands: The Agreement between Subjects and Protector --; 2; The Emergence of Legal Institutions; 9; Legal Rights; 10; The State's Enhancement of Market Trade; 11; The Size and Scope of the State --; 3; The Character of the State; 11; Merger and Local Autonomy; 13; The Distinction between "Legitimate" and "Criminal" States; 14; Power, Violent Conflict, and Political Evolution; 15; The Time Path of Change under Dictatorships and under Rule-of-Law Regimes; 16; Recapitulation and an Epilogue
N2  - "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 are expected to install rulers only after they have created mechanisms to control them. Among the offshoots of the organized protection are a legal system and decision-making procedures that include voting. The initial "state of nature," then, may gradually evolve into a rule-of-law state."--BOOK JACKET
ER  -