Politics, Postmodernity and Critical Legal Studies

The Legality of the Contingent
Erscheinungsjahr 1994
ISBN: 978-0-415-08651-6
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 475 g

This timely and assured book provides a unique guide to critical legal studies which is one of the most exciting developments within contemporary jurisprudence. It is the first book to systematically apply a critical philosophy to the substance of common law. The book develops a coruscating and interdisciplinary overview of the politics and cultural significance of the institutions of the law.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Douzinas, Costas

Goodrich, Peter

Hachamovitch, Yifat

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Rechtsphilosophie, Rechtsethik
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsphilosophie, Rechtsethik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Introduction, Peter Goodrich, Costas Douzinas, Yifat Hachamovitch; Part 1 The contingency of judgement; Chapter 2 In emulation of the clouds, Yifat Hachamovitch; Chapter 3 As if, Tim Murphy; Chapter 4 Jani Anglorum, Peter Goodrich; Part 2 The Law of Law; Chapter 5 The Paternity of Law, Alain Pottage; Chapter 6 Antigone’s Law, Costas Douzinas, Ronnie Warrington;

Über Autor(innen)

Costas Douzinas is Rudolph Palumbo Lecturer in Law at Birkbeck College, University of London,
Peter Goodrich is Corporation of London Professor of Law at Birkbeck College, University of London,
Yifat Hachamovitch has taught at several universities in the United States and is currently completing a book on psychoanalysis and law.