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Publication

1986 - Cambridge University Press, Cambridge [Cambridgeshire, England

Language

English

Word Count

63,750 words, Guess

Page Count

255 pages

Identifiers

  • Internet Archivesovereignty0000hins
  • ISBN-100521327903
  • ISBN-10052133988X
  • ISBN-139780521327909
  • ISBN-139780521339889
and 6 more
  • LibraryThing928837
  • Library of Congress Control Number86012931
  • OCLC Control Number13643000
  • Better World Books9780521339889
  • Better World Books9780521327909
  • Open LibraryOL2719588M

Classifications

  • DDC320.1/57
  • LCCJC327 .H5 1986
  • LCCJC327.H5 1986

Description

Professor Hinsley's book, first published in 1966, offers a general survey of the history of the theory of sovereignty, which seeks to illuminate the theory's character and function by stressing the changing social, political and economic frameworks within and between the political societies in which it has developed. It also spans and connects the different intellectual aspects of the concept of sovereignty: philosophical, legal, historical and political. For this new edition Professor Hinsley has wholly rewritten the last chapter to bring the history up to date, and to make some new concluding remarks --

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  • SovereigntyCambridge University Press1986-01-01

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