Fox-Decent, Evan.

Sovereignty's promise the state as fiduciary / [electronic resource] : Evan Fox-Decent. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011. - 1 online resource (xviii, 283 p.). - Oxford constitutional theory . - Oxford constitutional theory. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Arguing that the state and its people stand in a fiduciary relationship, 'Sovereignty's Promise' puts forward an account of political authority and its legal limits. In doing so it presents an argument for common law constitutionalism and a theoretical framework for understanding the requirements of the rule of law.

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