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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Trust Matters: Cross-Disciplinary Essays by Edited by Raquel Barradas de Freitas Edited by Sergio Lo Iacono
This book examines the role of trust in public life. It contributes to a more nuanced understanding of certain fundamental concepts in political and legal theory such as authority power social practice the rule of law and justice by furnishing and sharpening our concepts of trust and trustworthiness. Bringing together contributors from across the social cognitive historical and political sciences the book opens up inquiries into central concepts in legal theory as well as new approaches and methodologies. The interdisciplinary contributions analyse the notions of trust trustworthiness and distrust and apply them to address a variety of problems and questions.