(Source: Yale University Press)
Yale University Press is
publishing a book on the past, present and future of the concept of sovereignty.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Has the concept of sovereignty
outlived its usefulness?
Social order requires a
sovereign: an actor with unlimited, undivided, and unaccountable authority. Or
so the classic theory says. But without noticing, we’ve gutted the theory.
Constitutionalism limits state authority. Federalism divides it. The rule of law
holds it accountable. In vivid historical detail—with millions tortured and
slaughtered in Europe, a king put on trial for his life, journalists groaning
at idiotic complaints about the League of Nations, and much more—Don Herzog
charts both the political struggles that forged sovereignty and the ones that
undid it. He argues that it’s no longer a helpful guide to our legal and
political problems, but a pernicious bit of confusion. It’s time, past time, to
retire sovereignty.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Don Herzog is the
Edson R. Sunderland Professor of Law at the University of Michigan. His many
books include Defaming the Dead, Household Politics,
and Cunning.
More info here
No comments:
Post a Comment