Cambridge University Press, 1999. - 447 p. The state, which since the middle of the seventeenth century has been the most important and most characteristic of all modern institutions, is in decline. From Western Europe to Africa, many existing states are either combining into larger communities or falling apart. Many of their functions are being taken over by a variety of...
Ludwig von Mises Institute, 2009. — 58 p. This gives a succinct account of Rothbard’s view of the state. Following Franz Oppenheimer and Albert Jay Nock, Rothbard regards the state as a predatory entity. It does not produce anything but rather steals resources from those engaged in production. In applying this view to American history, Rothbard makes use of the work of John C....
Batoche Books, 2000. — 197 p. Authority in the Modern State The Origins of the Modern State State and Government. The Nature of Obedience The Limitations of Power The Attack on the Secular State The Division of Power The Organisation of Power The Significance of Freedom The Direction of Events Bonald The Implication of Theocracy The Basis of Traditionalism The Political Theory...
New York: Vanguard Press, 1926. This is the 1908 book that started it all in the 20th century, the book that kicked off a century of anti-state, pro-property writing. This was the prototype for Nock's writing, for Chodorov's work, and even the theoretical edifice that later became Rothbardianism. Indeed, Franz Oppenheimer wrote what remains one of the most bracing and...
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1914. The State represents the epitome of Franz Oppenheimer's thinking. It integrates political and historical philosophy on the one hand, with economic philosophy on the other. Oppenheimer believed the future progress of nations would be in the direction of liberal socialism. He foresaw a society free from all monopolistic tendencies...
New York: B.W. Huebsch, 1922. The author sought to overthrow centuries of fallacious thinking on the subject of the state's origin, nature, and purpose, put its it place a view of the state that constitutes a foundational attack on the structure of modern society. He utterly demolishes the social-contract view of the state as it had been advanced by most thinkers since the...
Batoche Books, Kitchener, 1999. — 172 p. This volume is the first of a series of studies in which I hope to discuss in various aspects the theory of the State. Its starting point is the belief that in such a theory, the problem of sovereignty is fundamental, and that only in the light of its conception can any satisfactory attitude be adopted. It is essentially a critical work,...
London: Macmillan and Co, 1885. — 355 p. The patriarchal theory Sir Henry Maine's later writings The patriarchal family. the amount op proof of it that May suffice Flan of this work Patria potestas among the hebrews Patria potestas among the hindoos Patria potestas among the slavs The patriarchal theory and royal succession Undivided families and hodse-communitibs Patria...
Palgrave, 2005. — 336 p. Broad-ranging in its coverage and truly international in scope, this major new text introduces all the main competing theoretical approaches to the study of the state as well as key contested issues in relation to globalization, new forms of governance, the changing public/private boundary, changes in the powers and capacities of states, and the...
Rīgā: Izdevis A.Gulbis, 1930. — 211 lpp. Zem valsts tiesībām šī vārda īstā nozīmē jāsaprot tiesisku normu kopums, kas nosaka valsts iekārtu, vinas orgānu uzbūvi un funkcijas, šo orgānu tiesiskās attiecības savā starpā, kā ari svarīgākās tiesiskās attiecības starp valsts orgāniem vienā pusē un pilsoņiem vai noteiktām pilsoņu grupām otrā pusē. Mēdz izšķirt vispārējas un īpatnējas...
Dieses Büchlein erschien zuerst 1909 als erweiterte Fassung eines vorher in der»Neuen Rundschau «veröffentlichten Aufsatzes. Es hat seinen Weg ganz ordentlich gemacht, und nicht nur in Deutschland. Es ist in autorisierten Übersetzungen in englischer, französischer und serbischer Sprache erschienen; die in Amerika gedruckte englische Ausgabe von 1914 hat 1922 sogar ihre zweite...