Ethan Putterman

Rousseau, Law and the Sovereignty of the People

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Examines Rousseau's contribution as a constitutionalist and builder of institutions, relating his major ideas to twenty-first century debates.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. April 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 450g
• ISBN-13: 9780521765381
• ISBN-10: 0521765382
• Artikelnr.: 30364144

Autorenporträt

Ethan Putterman is Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science, National University of Singapore. He is a past Fellow of the Society for the Liberal Arts in the College at the University of Chicago.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: the celestial voice
1. Rousseau's concept of law
2. Agenda-setting and majority rule
3. Democracy and vote rigging
4. Popular sovereignty and the republican fear of large assemblies
5. Enforcing the laws in Poland and Corsica
6. Judging the laws/when legislation fails
Conclusion: law and liberty
Selected bibliography
Index.