A Theory of the State: Economic Rights, Legal Rights, and the Scope of the State

Preface 1. Introduction Part I. The Emergence of Protection and Third-Party Enforcement: 2. The state and the enforcement of agreements 3. Third-party enforcement and the state 4. The choice among enforcement forms 5. Anonymous exchange, mixed enforcement and vertical integration 6. Jurisdictional issues 7. Collective action and collective decisions 8. Tying the protector's hand: the agreement between subjects and protector Part II. The Emergence of Legal Institutions: 9. Legal rights 10. The state's enhancement of market trade 11. The size and scope of the state Part III. The Character of the State: 12. Merger and local autonomy 13. The distinction between 'legitimate' and 'criminal' states 14. Power, violent conflict and political evolution 15. The time path of change under dictatorships and under rule-of-law regimes 16. Recapitulation and an epilogue References Index.