Law, Socialism and Democracy

by Paul Q. Hirst

This book explores the political and legal institutions necessary for a democratic socialism in advanced industrial societies. It argues that a democratic socialist society needs a firm framework of public law, and a formal constitution. Populist conceptions of direct democracy and informal justice are argued to be inadequate as the primary means of democratic control in a complex society; likewise Marxist views of the "withering away of the state"...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415649641
• ISBN13: 9780415649643
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.1" x 9.2"