Beschreibung
Robert Nozick in his famous book Anarchy, State and Utopia (1974) responded to, in part, John Rawls distribution theory as articulated in the latters much celebrated book A Theory of Justice (1971) with the formers entitlement theory. Nozick calls Rawls distribution theory a patterned theory. To Nozick, no distribution is just and there should not be redistribution at all. Redistribution infringes individuals rights which, according to Nozick, trumps all other considerations and subject matters. In Nozicks view, individual rights are all that matters and that there is nothing such as a society or community or collective well-being. In line with this course of arguments, Nozick falls just short of supporting anarchy but the all-encompassing individualism that he propagates only allows for the existence of the minimal state which he regards as the only legitimate form of state which does not violate individuals rights. This book sheds light particularly on entitlement theory of justice, libertarian rights, individualism and the minimal state and evaluates them from a critical perspective.
Autorenporträt
Asif Salahuddin, LLM: Studied International Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation at The University of Warwick. Member: The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Consultant at Collaborative Research Project of Transnational Law Institute, School of Law, King's College London. Lecturer in Law at Metropolitan University, Sylhet, Bangladesh.
