Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Chapter One: Associative Allegiances and Political Obligations
Chapter Two: Relational Facts in Liberal Theory: Is There Magic in the Pronoun "My"?
Chapter Three: Toward a Liberal Theory of Political Obligation
Chapter Four: Political Obligation and the Particularity Requirement
Chapter Five: A Defense of Secession and Political Self-Determination
Chapter Six: The Truth in the Nationalist Principle
Chapter Seven: Group Autonomy and State Sovereignty
Chapter Eight: Responsibility: Personal, Corporate, Collective
Chapter Nine: Immigration and Freedom of Association
Chapter Ten: The Rights Forfeiture Theory of Punishment
Chapter Eleven: Rights and State Punishment
Index

About the Author

Christopher Heath Wellman is Professor of Philosophy at Washington University in St. Louis. He works in ethics, specializing in political and legal philosophy. His previous books include A Theory of Secession (2005); (with John Simmons) Is There a Duty to Obey the Law? (2005); (with Andrew Altman) A Liberal Theory of International Justice (OUP, 2009); and (with Phillip Cole) Debating the Ethics of Immigration: Is
There a Right to Exclude? (OUP, 2011).

Reviews

These essays will engage anyone interested in issues of political obligation to the state and justice beyond borders. It is a collection I warmly recommend.
*Thom Brooks, Political Studies Review*