Shaping and Sharing in Democratic Theory: Towards a Political Philosophy of Interstate Equality

Interstate cases pose most dramatically the question of the legitimacy of a state's exercise of coercive power. Professor Brilmayer analyzes two existing theories of interstate relations, rejects the notion that democratic theory requires that interstate equality need be an all-or-nothing issues, and suggests that the basis for a state' coercive power toward outsiders should be sharing the burdens and benefits of state law.