TY  - BOOK
AU  - Green,Leslie
TI  - The authority of the State
SN  - 0198249268
AV  - JC571 .G77 1988
U1  - 320.2 19
PY  - 1988///
CY  - Oxford [Oxfordshire], New York
PB  - Clarendon Press, Oxford University Press
KW  - Authority
KW  - State, The
N1  - Revision of the author's thesis (D. Phil.)--University of Oxford, 1984; Includes bibliographical references and index; Social order and social relations -- The nature of authority -- The self-image of the state -- Authority and convention -- The social contract -- The consent of the governed -- Commitment and community -- The possibility of political obligation -- Obedience and civility
N2  - "Arguing that only the consent of the governed can justify authority, this monograph investigates the nature of authority and the character of the state, evaluates the modern state's claim to authority over its citizens, and assesses the theories of conventionalism, contractarianism, and communitarianism"--Publisher description
UR  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0635/87036573-d.html
ER  -