Prologue: Hobbes and legal order -- Introduction: the state as fiduciary and the rule of law -- pt. 1. The Crown-native fiduciary relationship. Seeking sovereignty -- Some objections -- pt. 2. The fiduciary theory of the state. Fiduciary relationships and the presumption of trust -- The duty to obey the law -- pt. 3. The fiduciary nature of the rule of law -- Judicial ambivalence to public fiduciary duties -- Procedural fairness: a Pandora's box of legality -- Administrative law as solicitude: reasonable decision-making -- The rule of law and human rights.
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Arguing that the state and its people stand in a fiduciary relationship, 'Sovereignty's Promise' puts forward an account of political authority and its legal limits. In doing so it presents an argument for common law constitutionalism and a theoretical framework for understanding the requirements of the rule of law.