Reason of state : law, prerogative and empire /
Thomas Poole.
- 302 pages ; 23 cm
- Cambridge studies in constitutional law ; 14 .
The Safety of the People : From Prerogative to Reason of State -- Prerogative in Early-Modern State Theory -- Republican Principles of State and Empire -- Jealousy of Trade : Reason of State and Commercial Empire -- Reason of State in the First Age of Global Imperialism -- Reason of State and the Legislating Empire -- War, Law, and the Modern State -- Rights, Risk, and Reason of State.