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The legal idea of the state is commonly misunderstood. In this note, the nature of the concept is explained and its significance for modern legal thought presented. Drawing on the… Click to show full abstract
The legal idea of the state is commonly misunderstood. In this note, the nature of the concept is explained and its significance for modern legal thought presented. Drawing on the distinction between sovereign and sovereignty, it is argued that the state-an idea that links territory, authority and people in an intelligible scheme-is the foundational concept that enables lawyers coherently to engage with the issue of political authority.
Keywords:
state;
state conditio;
qua non;
sine qua;
conditio sine
Journal Title: International Journal of Constitutional Law
Year Published: 2018
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Journal Title: International Journal of Constitutional Law
Year Published: 2018
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