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Kings as Judges - Power, Justice, and the Origins of Parliaments (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Kings as Judges - Power, Justice, and the Origins of Parliaments (Hardcover, New Ed)
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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.
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