Boundaries of Authority

by A. John Simmons

Modern states claim rights of jurisdiction and control over particular geographical areas and their associated natural resources. Boundaries of Authority explores the possible moral bases for such territorial claims by states, in the process arguing that many of these territorial claims in fact lack any moral justification. The book maintains throughout that the requirement of states' justified authority over persons has normative priority over, and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190603488
• ISBN13: 9780190603489
• Release Date: July 2016
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.3"