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Politics, postmodernity, and critical legal studies : the legality of the contingent / edited by Costas Douzinas, Peter Goodrich, and Yifat Hachamovitch.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Critical legal studies.
- Law--Philosophy.
- Law.
- Postmodernism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (241 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1994.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Cover; Politics, postmodernity and critical legal studies: The legality of the contingent; Copyright; Contents; Chapter 1 Introduction: Politics, ethics and the legality of the contingent; Part I The contingency of judgement; Chapter 2 In emulation of the clouds: An essay on the obscure object of judgement; Chapter 3 As if: camera juridica; Chapter 4 Jani anglorum: Signs, symptoms, slips and interpretation in law; Part II The law of law; Chapter 5 The paternity of law; Chapter 6 Antigone's law: A genealogy of jurisprudence; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-88357-9
- 1-134-88358-7
- 1-280-14487-4
- 0-203-97680-0
- 9780203976807
- OCLC:
- 475943389
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