Leviathan on a Leash : : A Theory of State Responsibility /

Leviathan on a Leash : : A Theory of State Responsibility / / Sean Fleming.

New perspectives on the role of collective responsibility in modern politicsStates are commonly blamed for wars, called on to apologize, held liable for debts and reparations, bound by treaties, and punished with sanctions. But what does it mean to hold a state responsible as opposed to a government...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2020 English
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Fleming, Sean,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2020]
©2020
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (224 p.) :; 3 b/w illus. 3 tables.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Abbreviations of Hobbes’ Works
  • Introduction: State Responsibility and Corporate Personality
  • 1. The Idea of State Responsibility
  • 2. The Three Fundamental Questions
  • 3. Back to Hobbes
  • 4. The Structure of the Book
  • 1. The Agential and Functional Theories of State Responsibility
  • 5. States as Moral Agents: The Agential Theory
  • 6. States as Legal Persons: The Functional Theory
  • 7. The Limitations of the Agential and Functional Theories
  • 2. Hobbes and the Personality of the State
  • 8. The Skinner–Runciman Debate
  • 9. The Two Faces of Personhood
  • 10. Hobbes’ Theory of the State
  • 11. Artificial Men and Artificial Animals
  • 12. The Hobbesian Theory of State Responsibility
  • 3. Attribution: The Question of Ownership
  • 13. General and Personal Responsibilities
  • 14. The Conditions for Attribution
  • 15. A Hobbesian Account of Attribution
  • 16. From Attribution to Responsibility
  • 17. Impersonation of the State
  • 4. Succession: The Question of Identity
  • 18. The Concept of Corporate Identity
  • 19. The Conditions for Corporate Identity
  • 20. Changes in a Single State
  • 21. Relational Changes
  • 22. Non-Identity
  • 5. Distribution: The Question of Fulfilment
  • 23. The Problem of Distribution
  • 24. The Conditions for Distribution
  • 25. The Division of Liability
  • 26. Non-Fulfilment
  • Conclusion The Future of State Responsibility
  • 27. International Criminal Law
  • 28. The Proliferation of Treaties
  • 29. Cyborg States and Robotic Representatives
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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