The Concept of the State as a Community of Liability
The Concept of the State as a Community of Liability
This chapter first discusses the relationship between the concept of the state and the idea of collective liability. It then elaborates on an alternative conception of the state as a community of liability. The idea of the state as a community of liability provides a supplementary account of the state to the normal emphasis upon the agency of the state, and is rooted in an understanding of the state that is hostile to any supposition of the state being in any way a natural or substantive agent. This liability means that any and all of the state's members, the innocent as well as the guilty, may face sanctions for the delicts of the state.
Keywords: state, statehood, international relations, sovereignty, collective liability, community liability
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