Kangaroo courts and the rule of law : the legacy of modernism / Desmond Manderson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Manderson, Desmond.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885-1930. Kangaroo.

Lawrence, D. H.

Derrida, Jacques.

Bakhtin, M. M. (Mikhail Mikhailovich), 1895-1975.

Bakhtin, M. M.

Rule of law.

Law--Language.

Law.

Legal certainty.

Law and literature.

Law and the humanities.

Justice in literature.

Modernism (Literature).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2012.

Summary:

Kangaroo Courts and the Rule of Law -The Legacy of Modernism addresses the legacy of contemporary critiques of language for the concept of the rule of law. Between those who care about the rule of law and those who are interested in contemporary legal theory, there has been a dialogue of the deaf, which cannot continue. Starting from the position that contemporary critiques of linguistic meaning and legal certainty are too important to be dismissed, Desmond Manderson takes up the political and intellectual challenge they pose. Can the rule of law be re-configured in light of

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 The Irony of Law and Literature; The mimetic fallacy; The romantic fantasy; Letting modernism happen - at last; 3 1922; Modernism and the crisis of modernity; The romantic turn; Carl Schmitt and the death of the rule of law; 4 Enter the Kangaroo; Origin and reception; Introducing Kangaroo; 5 The Rule of Law and the Legacy of Modernism; Troubling the rule of law; Two ways to forget history; 6 How Kangaroo Rewrote Lawrence; Bakhtin and Lawrence on the ethics of the novel; Text; Texture

7 Reality and Therapy in the NovelContext: Lawrence's nightmare and the recovery of memory; Sub-text: The novel as a therapeutic genre; 8 Polarity; Antecedents; Analogues; Descendents; 9 Thirroul of Law; Narrativity and performativity; Polarity, publicity, and the rule of law; A triangulation; 10 Littoral Readings; On the road; On the beach; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

"A GlassHouse book."

Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-206) and index.

ISBN:

0-203-12363-8

1-136-34046-7

1-283-51995-X

9786613832405

1-136-34047-5

9780203123638

OCLC:

808111360