1. The Idea of State Responsibility

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface xi
4. Abbreviations of Hobbes’ Works xiii
5. Introduction: State Responsibility and Corporate Personality 1
6. 1. The Idea of State Responsibility 3
7. 2. The Three Fundamental Questions 6
8. 3. Back to Hobbes 9
9. 4. The Structure of the Book 14
10. 1. The Agential and Functional Theories of State Responsibility
11. 5. States as Moral Agents: The Agential Theory 16
12. 6. States as Legal Persons: The Functional Theory 32
13. 7. The Limitations of the Agential and Functional Theories 44
14. 2. Hobbes and the Personality of the State
15. 8. The Skinner–Runciman Debate 46
16. 9. The Two Faces of Personhood 51
17. 10. Hobbes’ Theory of the State 56
18. 11. Artificial Men and Artificial Animals 61
19. 12. The Hobbesian Theory of State Responsibility 68
20. 3. Attribution: The Question of Ownership
21. 13. General and Personal Responsibilities 72
22. 14. The Conditions for Attribution 74
23. 15. A Hobbesian Account of Attribution 79
24. 16. From Attribution to Responsibility 99
25. 17. Impersonation of the State 105
26. 4. Succession: The Question of Identity
27. 18. The Concept of Corporate Identity 110
28. 19. The Conditions for Corporate Identity 114
29. 20. Changes in a Single State 125
30. 21. Relational Changes 132
31. 22. Non-Identity 138
32. 5. Distribution: The Question of Fulfilment
33. 23. The Problem of Distribution 144
34. 24. The Conditions for Distribution 150
35. 25. The Division of Liability 160
36. 26. Non-Fulfilment 168
37. Conclusion The Future of State Responsibility
38. 27. International Criminal Law 175
39. 28. The Proliferation of Treaties 179
40. 29. Cyborg States and Robotic Representatives 181
41. Bibliography 187
42. Index 201