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This book offers an answer to the question: what is public law? It suggests that an adequate explanation can only be given once public law is recognized to be an autonomous discipline, with its own distinctive methods and tasks. Martin Loughlin defends this claim by identifying the conceptual foundations of the public law: governing, politics, representation, sovereignty, constituent power, and rights. By explicating these basic elements of the subject, he seeks not only to lay bare its method but also to present a novel account of the idea of public law.

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1. Introduction ; 2. Governing ; 3. Politics ; 4. Representation ; 5. Sovereignty ; 6. Constituent Power ; 7. Rights ; 8. Method ; 9. The Pure Theory of Public Law ; Bibliography ; Index

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      Publisher: Oxford University Press
      Publication Date: 8/5/2004 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780199274727, 978-0199274727
      ISBN10: 019927472X
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      Law Constitutional and administrative law: general Political science and theory

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book offers an answer to the question: what is public law? It suggests that an adequate explanation can only be given once public law is recognized to be an autonomous discipline, with its own distinctive methods and tasks. Martin Loughlin defends this claim by identifying the conceptual foundations of the public law: governing, politics, representation, sovereignty, constituent power, and rights. By explicating these basic elements of the subject, he seeks not only to lay bare its method but also to present a novel account of the idea of public law.

      Table of Contents
      1. Introduction ; 2. Governing ; 3. Politics ; 4. Representation ; 5. Sovereignty ; 6. Constituent Power ; 7. Rights ; 8. Method ; 9. The Pure Theory of Public Law ; Bibliography ; Index

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