Thesis
Towards post-democracy: shifting responsibilities and facilitating dispute resolution under the British neoliberal state
- Abstract:
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This thesis investigates the State’s responsibility to facilitate dispute resolution and the extent to which this duty is upheld. This investigation is approached through Hobbesian social contract theory, which contends that the State must enable its citizens to resolve their conflicts through the public legal system. The primary function of the courts is to uphold the law, provide remedies for wrongs, and enforce rights. A central claim of this thesis is that citizens require lawyers t...
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Contributors
+ Zuckerman, A
Role:
Supervisor
+ Molavi, M
Role:
Supervisor
+ Higgins, A
Role:
Examiner
+ McDermont, M
Role:
Examiner
Bibliographic Details
- Type of award:
- MPhil
- Level of award:
- Masters
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
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- Language:
- English
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- Deposit date:
- 2022-04-13
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- Copyright holder:
- Lamsdale, S
- Copyright date:
- 2020
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