Sovereignty and the New Executive Authority

Author: Claire Finkelstein; Michael Skerker
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780190922542
Published In: January 2019
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.S. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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This volume explores moral and legal issues relating to sovereignty by addressing foundational questions about its nature, examining state sovereignty between states, and dealing with post 9/11 developments in the U.S., potentially destabilizing received views of democratic sovereignty. With essays addressing foundational, state and international sovereignty, the book focuses on Post 9/11 developments including the profusion of secret national security programs, including those pertaining to the interrogation, rendition, and detention of terror suspects; signal intercepts and meta-data analysis; and targeted killing of irregular militants; prompting questions regarding the legitimacy of executive power in this arena.

Foreword by Alberto Mora

Table of Contents

Contributors

Introduction by Claire Finkelstein

PART I: The Intellectual Roots of Sovereignty

1. Hobbes on Sovereign Authority: How the Right of Nature Becomes Sovereign Right

David Gauthier

2. Kant on the Right and Duty of Sovereignty

Jacob Weinrib

3. Sovereignty and Freedom

William E. O'Brian Jr.

PART II: SOVEREIGNTY in the Present Age: Modern Executive Authority In a Constitutional Democracy