Limiting Leviathan - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1840640243 ISBN 13: 9781840640243

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing, 1999

Synopsis

The enormous growth of the state occurring over much of this century has led the authors of this book to re-examine the proper relationship between the American people and their government. The authors first analyze the case for limiting governmental power and discuss which limits are appropriate, including tax and regulatory limits and electoral, congressional term and constitutional limits. They also examine possible auxiliary sources of state limitation, such as technological and economic limitations, informal order and lessons to be learned from local government. In sum, this book provides a seminal analysis of the necessity of limiting state power in order to preserve human rights.

Limiting Leviathan will be a valuable reference point for scholars of public choice and government institutions.

About this title

About the Author:

Edited by Donald P. Racheter, Executive Director, Public Interest Institute, and Professor of Political Science, Central College, Iowa

Holbert L. Harris Professor of Economics, Center for Study of Public Choice, George Mason University

Richard E. Wagner, Public Interest Institute, Academic Advisory Board Chairman

Review:

'Limiting Leviathan may be the best early guide to the major political challenge of the 21st century.' -- William A. Niskanen, Cato Institute

The book is an excellent introduction to the various tools and reasons for limiting government....this book is first-rate. -- - Michael C. Munger, The Independent Review, Winter 2001

About this edition

• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1840640243
• ISBN 13: 9781840640243
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288
• Editor: Racheter Donald P., Wagner Richard E.