Authority in the Modern State

by Harold J. Laski and Harold Joseph Laski

Book Overview

A Solution to the Problem of Authority. Originally published: New Haven: Yale University Press, 1919. x, 19]-398 pp. This work was intended to be a sequel to Studies in the Problem of Sovereignty (1917). Here Laski argues that sovereignty is best understood as a type of authority, and he supports his case with examples drawn principally from modern French history. After tracing the origins of his subject, Laski considers the significance of Bonald,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1584772751
• ISBN13: 9781584772750
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"