Abstract:Abstract:Since we tend to think of the state as a construct of law, how is it possible for a category of state action to exist somehow outside or beyond the law? Using the term 'reason of state' to specify this special category, the paper asks two more specific questions. When someone talks about reason of state, whose reason and which reason do they mean? Two attempts are made to answer the first question. One attempt seeks inspiration from earlymodern state theory. The second looks to 18 th century 'jealousy… Show more
“…No such grant was made to the East India Company. Rather, they were granted exclusive rights to trade: 'the entire and only Trade and Traffick, and the whole entire4For recent works considering Sandys (albeit through a different lens) see Stern (2011),Poole (2013). For a brief discussion of the East India Company, 'public' and the State seeMcLean (2004).…”
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“…No such grant was made to the East India Company. Rather, they were granted exclusive rights to trade: 'the entire and only Trade and Traffick, and the whole entire4For recent works considering Sandys (albeit through a different lens) see Stern (2011),Poole (2013). For a brief discussion of the East India Company, 'public' and the State seeMcLean (2004).…”
The version in the Kent Academic Repository may differ from the final published version. Users are advised to check http://kar.kent.ac.uk for the status of the paper. Users should always cite the published version of record.
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