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Law in the first person plural : roots, concepts, topics / Bert van Roermund.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Roermund, Bert van, author.
- Series:
- Elgar studies in legal theory.
- Elgar studies in legal theory
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778.
- Rousseau, Jean-Jacques.
- Rule of law.
- Law--Philosophy.
- Law.
- Constitutional history.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Cheltenham, England ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2020]
- Summary:
- "This incisive book offers an innovative understanding of Rousseau's politico-legal philosophy to illustrate the legal significance of plural agency and what it means for a people to act together. Testing these ideas in controversial contemporary debates, Bert van Roermund provides a critical assessment of 'political theology' and establishes a new interpretation of joint action as bodily entrenched."
- Contents:
- Part I: Roots: Re-reading Rousseau
- An inconvenient legacy
- Meeting the challenges
- Part II: Concepts: We as a body politic
- First person plural legislature
- Joint law making : from reference to action
- A first person plural body?
- Part III: Topics: First person plural in the flesh
- The embryo as first person plural concept in EU law
- Migrants, humans and human rights : freedom of movement in a first person plural key
- The half truth of contemporary populism : keeping a false 'we' at bay.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1788976444
- 9781788976442
- OCLC:
- 1156995385
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