Title Kings as judges : power, justice, and the origins of parliaments / Deborah Boucoyannis

Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021

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Description 1 online resource Summary The first systematic account of how structures of justice led to the emergence of representative institutions and state-formation in Western Europe. It will be of interest to scholars and students of political science, political economy and economic history, history, historical sociology, political sociology, law and legal history. How did representative institutions become the central organs of governance in Western Europe? What enabled this distinctive form of political organization and collective action that has proved so durable and influential? The answer has typically been sought either in the realm of ideas, in the Western tradition of individual rights, or in material change, especially the complex interaction of war, taxes, and economic growth. Common to these strands is the belief that representation resulted from weak ruling powers needing to concede rights to powerful social groups. Boucoyannis argues instead that representative institutions were a product of state strength, specifically the capacity to deliver justice across social groups. Enduring and inclusive representative parliaments formed when rulers could exercise power over the most powerful actors in the land and compel them to serve and, especially, to tax them. The language of rights deemed distinctive to the West emerged in response to more effectively imposed collective obligations, especially on those with most power Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed Subject Representative government and representation -- Europe Political participation -- Europe Liberalism -- Europe -- History Taxation -- Europe -- History POLITICAL SCIENCE -- General. Economic history Liberalism Political participation Politics and government Representative government and representation Taxation SUBJECT Europe -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045733 Europe -- Economic conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045668 Subject Europe Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2021024633 ISBN 9781316678367 1316678369 9781316730041 1316730042

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