Meaning of minarchy | Babel Free

Definitions

Government with the least necessary power over its citizens.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“This "minarchy," often dubbed the "nightwatchman State," reduced to police (and possibly army), is their historical ideal - and even in present days that of philosopher Nozick, for instance.”

“In minarchy the owner of a property is the sole owner of the private propety and what comes out of it.”

“But even the most minimal minarchy, at some point, must claim its citizens' exclusive allegiance”

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