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020			_a9781847201263
082			_a321.8 DEM
100			_aMarciano, Alain (ed.)
245		0	_aDemocracy, freedom and coercion: a law and economics approach
260			_aCheltenham
260			_bEdward Elgar
260			_c2007
300			_a276p.
365			_dPND
520			_aThe essence of democratic power lies in the capacity to protect individual freedom while organizing the necessary coercion associated with any form of government. Yet, as the authors of this book maintain, developing coercion in order to protect freedom, and containing coercion in order to further protect freedom, is an arduous task, and one that faces any democratic Leviathan. The aim of this book is to explore this paradox and to analyse the intricate balance of freedom and coercion in developing states. In so doing it considers the legal and institutional conditions under which coercion and violence are admitted and/or permitted, and how these conditions should be organized in order to preserve and develop freedom as far as possible. Democracy, Freedom and Coercion comprehensively covers both private and public law, both applied and theoretical issues, and will therefore be of great interest to students studying law and economics. It will also serve as a reference tool to those academics in the field of legal competition, especially from the perspective of European issues.
650			_aDemocracy-economic aspects
700			_aJosselin, Jean-Michel (ed.)
942			_cB _2ddc