...provisions: beyond defense from hostile external enemies, the state has "the duty of protecting . . . every member of the society from the injustice or oppression of every other member of it [through the establishment of an administration of justice] and . . . the duty of erecting and maintaining...

...apostle of free enterprise, was emphatic in his defense of state protection against foreign invasion; the "duty of protecting, as far as possible, every member of the society Year Independent Free Countries Democracies N % Partly Free Democracies N % Neither Free Nor Democratic...

...necessary condition for the economic development of any collectivity: The first duty of the sovereign (is) protecting the society from the violence and invasion of other independent societies. Though he thought that such protection could be "performed only by means of a military force", the...

...security, certain public works and institutions, and "protecting, as far as possible, every member of society from the injustice or oppression of every other member of it, or the duty of establishing an exact administration of justice" (IV.ix.5 1 , 687). In The Theory of...

...sovereign; they are governmental responsibilities toward citizens. Smith describes them as follows: First, the duty of protecting the society from the violence...society from the injustice or oppression of every member of it, or the duty of establishing an exact administration of justice; and thirdly, the duty...

...indeed, but plain and intelligible to common understandings nonetheless: first, the duty of protecting society from the violence and invasion of other independent...the injustice or oppression of every other member, or the duty of establishing an exact administration of justice; and, thirdly, the duty of erecting...

...which Adam Smith identified to be the state's duty: "first, the duty of protecting the society from violence and invasion of other independent societies;...injustice or oppression of every other member of it, or the duty of establishing an exact administration of justice; and, thirdly, the duty of erecting...

...Smith considered governments to have three duties: • first, the duty of protecting the society from violence and invasion of other independent societies;...injustice or oppression of every other member of it, or the duty of establishing an exact administration of justice; and, • thirdly, the duty of erecting...

...a role for government. Smith wrote that government, for one of its functions, was responsible, for "protecting, as far as possible, every member of the...the injustice or oppression of every other member of it."10 In contrast to extreme advocates of laissez-faire, Smith was well aware of a harsh aspect of...

...to; three duties of great importance, indeed, but plain and intelligible to common understandings: I. the duty of protecting the society from the violence and invasion of other independent societies; II. the duty of protecting, as far as possible, every member of the society from the injustice or oppression...