"This volume is some sort the sequel to a book on the problem of sovereignty which I published in March, 1917"--Preface.

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Schaar proposes that legitimate authority is declining in the modern state.

As a sequel to Studies in the Problem of Sovereignty, this volume, originally published in 1919, expands Laski’s pluralist doctrine of the state, (using France as its reference) but covers rather broader ground, since its main object is ...

Laski, Harold J. Authority in the Modern State. Originally published: New Haven: Yale University Press, 1919. x, 15-398 pp. Reprinted 2003, 2014 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781616194116. ISBN-10: 1616194111. Paperback.

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