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Homo juridicus : on the anthropological function of the law / Alain Supiot ; translated by Saskia Brown.
Van Pelt Library K487.A57 S8713 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Supiot, Alain.
- Standardized Title:
- Homo juridicus. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Law and anthropology.
- Law--Philosophy.
- Law.
- Physical Description:
- xxv, 246 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Verso, 2007.
- Summary:
- A provocative investigation of how law shapes everyday life. In this groundbreaking work, French legal scholar Alain Supiot examines the relationship of society to legal discourse. He argues that religion and the state no longer underwrite fundamental values, and consequently that the law functions as the sole arbiter of human relations. Supiot's exploration of the development of the "legal subject"--the individual as formed through a dense web of contracts and laws--is set to become a classic work of social theory.
- Notes:
- First published as: Homo juridicus : essai sur le fonction anthropologique du droit , Paris : Seuil, c2005.
- Translated from the French.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [217]-238) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1844671054
- 9781844671052
- OCLC:
- 179848060
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