Political Justice in the Democratic State

Autor: Joel B. Grossman
Rok vydání: 1976
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Zdroj: Polity. 8:358-388
ISSN: 1744-1684
0032-3497
Popis: The clash between individual rights and social order, a perennial problem for all governments, has rendered standards of justice especially precarious in the realm of politics. To attain political ends through resort to legal process is a temptation which even "good" governments have frequently been unable to resist. Joel Grossman sees it as an inherent problem of the liberal democratic state and extends his analysis to the whole range of governmental actions intended to maintain support for the existing system and those who hold power within it. He exposes objectively and nonideologically the various uses (or abuses) made by governments of the legal system to repress actual or potential critics.
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